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Detail of Big Ben, the Great Clock of Westminster, designed by Augustus Pugin. Set in an iron frame 23 ft in diameter, supporting 312 pieces of opal glass. The surround of the dials is heavily gilded. The inscription means O Lord, keep safe our Queen Victoria the First.