- Title:
- Portrait of Isambard Brunel DCL
- Object name(s):
- oil painting; portrait; oil painting; portrait
- Brief description:
- Painting, acquired and attributed as Isambard Brunel DCL. [artist unknown; nd. c1871-1880?]. Oil on canvas, 91.5x71.5cm. Portrait, seated in academic cap and gown, holding paper in left hand, right hand raised to face. Sitter unconfirmed but of middle years, very possibly Isambard III, son (1837-1902) and first biographer in 1870 of Isambard Kingdom Brunel; DCL 1871; sometime Chancellor of the Diocese of Ely; the first person to pass through the gap in theThames Tunnel [in father's care 1841]
- Collection:
- Science Museum Group
- Associated concept:
- oil painting
- Associated concept:
- portrait
- Associated person:
- Isambard Kingdom Brunel
- Person's association:
- association
- Associated person:
- Isambard Brunel
- Person's association:
- association
- Credit line:
- Purchased (Christie's)
- Dimension:
- depth
- Dimension measurement unit:
- in
- Dimension value:
- 1 3/16
- Dimension:
- depth
- Dimension measurement unit:
- mm
- Dimension value:
- 30
- Dimension:
- height
- Dimension measurement unit:
- in
- Dimension value:
- 35 7/16
- Dimension:
- height
- Dimension measurement unit:
- mm
- Dimension value:
- 900
- Dimension:
- width
- Dimension measurement unit:
- in
- Dimension value:
- 28 3/8
- Dimension:
- width
- Dimension measurement unit:
- mm
- Dimension value:
- 720
- Dimension:
- height
- Dimension measurement unit:
- in
- Dimension value:
- 36
- Dimension:
- height
- Dimension measurement unit:
- mm
- Dimension value:
- 915
- Dimension:
- width
- Dimension measurement unit:
- in
- Dimension value:
- 28 1/8
- Dimension:
- width
- Dimension measurement unit:
- mm
- Dimension value:
- 715
- Material:
- oil paint on canvas
- Object name:
- oil painting; portrait; oil painting; portrait
- Object production date:
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1870
- Date - latest:
- 1880
- Object production date:
- Date - association:
- made
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1870
- Date - latest:
- 1880
- Object production person:
- Unattributed
- Object production place:
- England, United Kingdom
- Other number:
- 1984-1278
- Other number type:
- accession number
- Responsible department/section:
- SCM - Art
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/715fbf28-b716-3987-8a2f-bebd502f4d98
Use licence for this record: CC BY
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/715fbf28-b716-3987-8a2f-bebd502f4d98, Science Museum Group, CC BY
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