- Title:
- Completion of the Thames Tunnel. 1842.
- Object name(s):
- Fry Collection; medal; British Isles
- Collection:
- Fitzwilliam Museum
- Acquisition date:
- 1919-11-22
- Acquisition method:
- given
- Acquisition source:
- Fry, Geoffrey
- Dimension:
- Diameter (min)
- Dimension measured part:
- Object
- Dimension measurement unit:
- mm
- Dimension value:
- 62
- Dimension:
- Diameter
- Dimension measured part:
- Object
- Dimension measurement unit:
- mm
- Dimension value:
- 62
- Dimension:
- Weight
- Dimension measured part:
- Object
- Dimension measurement unit:
- g
- Dimension value:
- 132.83
- Inscription content:
- SIR ISAMBART MARC BRUNEL, F.R.S. &c.
- Inscription description:
- Bare head of Sir Marc Isambard Brunel, facing left.
- Inscription position:
- obverse
- Inscription type:
- design
- Inscription content:
- LONGDITUDINAL SECTION OF THE THAMES TUNNEL FROM ROTHERHITHE TO WAPPING 1200 FT L180,000 SUBSCRIBED BY PROPRIETORS BY PARLIAMENTARY GRANT L270,000 (in exergue) COMMENCED 1824 BROKE IN MAY 1827 & JAN 1828 SUSPENDED TILL 1835 OPENED TO PEDESTRIANS 1842.
- Inscription description:
- A view of the tunnel with ships above.
- Inscription position:
- reverse
- Inscription type:
- design
- Object component name:
- Object
- Object component information:
- bronze
- Object name:
- Fry Collection; medal; British Isles
- Object number:
- CM.79.81-1919
- Object production date:
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1842
- Date - latest:
- 1842
- Object production person:
- Victoria (1837-1901)
- Person's association:
- ruler
- Object production person:
- Taylor, J.
- Person's association:
- engraver
- Other number:
- CM.79.81-1919
- Other number type:
- accession number
- Other number:
- 228616
- Other number type:
- priref
- Other number:
- https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/228616
- Other number type:
- uri
- Reproduction format:
- jpeg
- Reproduction number:
- media-217324
- Reproduction number:
- media-217325
- Reproduction type:
- image
- 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:
- 79
- Reference type:
- reference
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/b95ba79b-4a21-3e61-87d1-edf241503e15
Use licence for this record: CC 0
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/b95ba79b-4a21-3e61-87d1-edf241503e15, Fitzwilliam Museum, CC 0
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