- Object name(s):
- Four views of the Tunnelling Shield
- Brief description:
- Grisaille watercolour showing four views of two proposed methods of tunnelling, including a two-layer and a four-layer tunnelling shield, likely drawn up for the specification of Marc Isambard Brunel's 1818 Patent (no. 4204).
- 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:
- 515 x 505
- Object name:
- Four views of the Tunnelling Shield
- Object number:
- LDBRU:2017.10
- Object production date:
- 1818?
- Object production person:
- Marc Isambard Brunel or Joseph Pinchback?
- Text reason:
- Collections online record
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/c6cdfded-acdb-3e92-8342-de21df522deb
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/c6cdfded-acdb-3e92-8342-de21df522deb, Brunel Museum, CC BY-NC
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