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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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