- Object name(s):
- Watercolour of a planned Shaft and section of a Tunnel
- Brief description:
- Watercolour of a two-level tunnelling shield in operation, digging beneath a river outwards a shaft, with workers and overseers visible. Likely drawn up in preparation for the specification of Marc Brunel's 1818 Patent (no. 4204). Cut from a larger sheet; location of other fragments unknown.
- Collection:
- Brunel Museum
- Acquisition method:
- Purchase
- Acquisition source:
- Bonhams
- Condition:
- Apparently underwent conservation at the Ashmolean c. 1983, and was mounted by them; remains in the mount. In 2018 underwent conservation funded by the NMCT following acquisition by the Museum.
- Current location:
- TLA
- Dimension:
- 280 x 590
- Object name:
- Watercolour of a planned Shaft and section of a Tunnel
- Object number:
- LDBRU:2017.23
- Object production date:
- 1818?
- Object production person:
- Joseph Pinchback?
- Text reason:
- Collections online record
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/911ad947-1041-379e-8aef-fad61a74b1b6
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/911ad947-1041-379e-8aef-fad61a74b1b6, Brunel Museum, CC BY-NC
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