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Title:
Completion of the Thames Tunnel. 1842.
Object name(s):
Graham Pollard Collection; medal; British Isles
Collection:
Fitzwilliam Museum
Acquisition date:
2009-07-13
Acquisition method:
given
Acquisition source:
HM Goverment in lieu of inheritance tax
Dimension:
Diameter (min)
Dimension measured part:
Object
Dimension measurement unit:
mm
Dimension value:
64
Dimension:
Diameter
Dimension measured part:
Object
Dimension measurement unit:
mm
Dimension value:
64
Dimension:
Weight
Dimension measured part:
Object
Dimension measurement unit:
g
Dimension value:
147.5
Inscription content:
SIR ISAMBART MARC BRUNEL F.R.S. &c.
Inscription description:
Bare head of Sir Marc Isambard Brunel.
Inscription position:
obverse
Inscription type:
design
Inscription content:
JOS DAVIS . MEDALIST. BIRMINGHAM. (in exergue) THAMES TUNNEL 1200 FEET LONG COMMENCED 1824. COMPLETED 1842 L.180,000 SUBSCRIBD BY PROPRIETORS 1828 L.270,000 GRANTED BY PARLIAMENT - 1836 - SIR I.M. BRUNEL. ENGINEER.
Inscription description:
View of the twin tunnels, pedestrian in left hand tunnel, pedestrian and equestrian figure in right-hand tunnel.
Inscription position:
reverse
Inscription type:
design
Object component name:
Object
Object component information:
bronze
Object name:
Graham Pollard Collection; medal; British Isles
Object number:
CM.860-2009
Object production date:
Date - earliest / single:
1842
Date - latest:
1842
Object production person:
Victoria (1837-1901)
Person's association:
ruler
Object production person:
Davis, J.
Person's association:
engraver
Other number:
CM.860-2009
Other number type:
accession number
Other number:
228137
Other number type:
priref
Other number type:
uri
Responsible department/section:
Coins and Medals
Text reason:
Collections online record
User's reference:
A Catalogue of British Historical Medals, 1837-1901: The Reign of Queen Victoria
Reference details:
78
Reference type:
reference

Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/44fdd335-5f41-3777-abeb-d6028a67d536

Use licence for this record: CC 0

Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/44fdd335-5f41-3777-abeb-d6028a67d536, Fitzwilliam Museum, CC 0

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