- 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:
- https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/228137
- 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
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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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