- Title:
- Opening of the Thames Tunnel
- Object name(s):
- Medal
- Brief description:
- Obverse: The bare head of Isambart Marc Brunel facing left, inscribed. Reverse: View of the Thames tunnel. The thoroughfare on the left is occupied by two pedestrians, that on the right by a man driving a horse and cart. Inscription.
- Collection:
- Victoria and Albert Museum
- Associated concept:
- Coins & Medals
- Associated concept:
- Sculpture
- Associated concept:
- Portraits
- Content - concept:
- tunnel
- Content - person:
- Brunel, Marc Isambard
- Dimension:
- Diameter
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 5.81
- Inscription content:
- 'SIR ISAMBART MARC BRUNEL, F.R.S. &C.' [signed] 'J.TAYLOR'
- Inscription content:
- 'THAMES TUNNEL 1200 FT. LNG./ COMMENCED 1824 / SUSPENDED TILL 1835 / OPENED 1843' [signed] 'J. TAYLOR' [and] 'BRIM.'
- Inscription interpretation:
- reverse
- Material:
- bronze
- Object history note:
- Given by Professor J. Hull Grundy and Mrs. Ann Hull Grundy, in 1978.
- Object name:
- Medal
- Object number:
- A.88-1978
- Object production date:
- 1843
- Date - association:
- made
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1843-01-01
- Date - latest:
- 1843-12-31
- Object production person:
- Taylor, William Joseph
- Person's association:
- medallist
- Object production place:
- England
- Place association:
- made
- Physical description:
- Obverse: The bare head of Isambart Marc Brunel facing left, inscribed. Reverse: View of the Thames tunnel. The thoroughfare on the left is occupied by two pedestrians, that on the right by a man driving a horse and cart. Inscription.
- Responsible department/section:
- SCP
- Technique:
- Bronze, struck
- Text reason:
- Collections online record
- Text:
- This medal depicts the portrait of Marc Isambart Brunel and was issued on the occasion of the opening of the Thames Tunnel in 1843. Sir Marc Isambard Brunel, FRS (1769 - 1849) was a French-born engineer who settled in the United Kingdom. He preferred the name Isambard, but is generally known to history as Marc to avoid confusion with his more famous son Isambard Kingdom Brunel. His most famous achievement was the construction of the Thames Tunnel.
- Text reason:
- Summary description
- User's reference:
- Reference:
- Brown, Lawrence. British Historical Medals 1837-1901 - The Reign of Queen Victoria. London: 1987, cat.no. 2140
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Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/df97240b-ff01-35bb-92e1-52a019363adb, Victoria and Albert Museum, CC BY-NC
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