- Object name(s):
- medal
- Brief description:
- medal commemorating Sir Isambard Marc Brunel and the Thames Tunnel, 1842
- Collection:
- Wiltshire Museum
- Associated concept:
- decorative art
- Associated concept:
- numismatics
- Associated date:
- 1842
- Dimension:
- width
- Dimension:
- height
- Inscription content:
- SIR ISAMBART MARC BRUNEL, F.R.S. & C. W.J. TAYLOR.F. WARRINGTON. D / male head, facing left
- Inscription method:
- obv
- Inscription position:
- stamped
- Inscription content:
- THAMES TUNNEL FROM ROTHERHITHE TO WAPPING 1200 FEET COMMENCED JANY. 1826 PROGRESSED / 600 FEET JANY. 1828 / £180,000 / SUBSCRIBED BY PROPRIETORS / RECOMMENCED 1836 / BY PARLIAMENTARY GRANT / £270,000 / AND COMPLETED 1842
- Inscription method:
- rev
- Inscription position:
- stamped
- Material:
- metal
- Number of objects:
- 1
- Object name:
- medal
- Object number:
- DZSWS:1980.9
- Object production date:
- 1842
- Object production person:
- W J Taylor
- Person's association:
- artist
- Technique:
- issued
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/59dc845a-f2d1-3fb3-a204-ad06c5f61a0a
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/59dc845a-f2d1-3fb3-a204-ad06c5f61a0a, Wiltshire Museum, CC BY-NC
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