A pair of Edwardian automobiles — open-topped, brass-lamped, and gloriously ungainly — idle before the ornate Gothic façade of London's Guildhall in this richly colored early-1900s view, the Cross of St. George snapping from the pinnacle above. The juxtaposition is quietly historic: the Guildhall dates to 1411 and had survived the Great Fire of 1666, yet here it stands flanked by the newest technology of the age, motor cars that were still a rare and startling sight on City of London streets. Published by the Photochrom Co. Ltd. of London and Tunbridge Wells in their exclusive "Celesque" series — a process renowned for its warm, painterly color palette — this card captures a London that would vanish within a decade under the pressures of the First World War. A penciled "300" on the reverse suggests a dealer acquisition price or lot number. Unused and undivided back, placing it squarely in the Edwardian golden age of postcards.