- Title:
- The Roll of Fame 1800-1900
- Object name(s):
- print; chromolithograph; portrait; cartoon; print; chromolithograph; portrait; cartoon
- Brief description:
- Print; lithograph; Punch cartoon. "The Roll of Fame 1800-1900", Linley Sambourne, published London Punch 1899, with separate key. Signed and dated 1899. Print, lithographic reproduction 44x57cm, key plan 27.5x44cm. Illustration of the figure of Punch, atop volumes of the periodical and a pile of artefacts symbolising achievements of the century - ocean cables, rontgen rays, post, etc - addressing some 110 famous men (and 5 women); nos.102 to 118 prominent in the sciences and engineering including Huxley, Owen, Herschel, Faraday, and Brunel
- Collection:
- Science Museum Group
- Associated concept:
- Associated concept:
- lithograph
- Associated person:
- Thomas Henry Huxley
- Person's association:
- depicted
- Associated person:
- Richard Owen
- Person's association:
- depicted
- Associated person:
- John Frederick William Herschel
- Person's association:
- depicted
- Associated person:
- Michael Faraday
- Person's association:
- depicted
- Associated person:
- Isambard Kingdom Brunel
- Person's association:
- depicted
- Associated person:
- Punch
- Person's association:
- depicted
- Credit line:
- Science Museum Library
- Object name:
- print; chromolithograph; portrait; cartoon; print; chromolithograph; portrait; cartoon
- Object production date:
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1899
- Date - latest:
- 1899
- Object production date:
- Date - association:
- made
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1899
- Date - latest:
- 1899
- Object production person:
- Sambourne, Edward Linley; Punch
- Object production place:
- England, United Kingdom
- Other number:
- 1987-735
- Other number type:
- accession number
- Responsible department/section:
- SCM - Art
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/f9223d24-d787-3741-b103-243eaa98718d
Use licence for this record: CC BY
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/f9223d24-d787-3741-b103-243eaa98718d, Science Museum Group, CC BY
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