- Object name(s):
- William Tombleson "Thames Tunnel" print hand-coloured
- Brief description:
- Printed image of the Thames Tunnel coopperplate engraving, with a border made up of doric columns supported by Atlas (?) on either side, a boat with British flag and Britannia sailing along the top edge, and motifs of oars and the words "Thames Tunnel" along the bottom. Hand-coloured central image. Below the central image, 'Tombelson del[ineavi]t' and 'H. Winkles sculp[sit]'. Taken from an edition of William Gray Fearnside, Eighty picturesque views on the Thames and Medway, engraved on steel by the first artists (first edn pub. 1834).
- Collection:
- Brunel Museum
- Acquisition method:
- Unknown
- Acquisition source:
- Unknown
- Condition:
- Spotted foxing; some damage to sections of the main image. Inactive mould on the surface of the print.
- Current location:
- TLA
- Dimension:
- 274 x 202
- Object name:
- William Tombleson "Thames Tunnel" print hand-coloured
- Object number:
- LDBRU:2024.05
- Object production date:
- 1834?
- Object production person:
- William Tombleson
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/72d60ee9-5a21-3242-85b9-1ddbaa13d7b7
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/72d60ee9-5a21-3242-85b9-1ddbaa13d7b7, Brunel Museum, CC BY-NC
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