- Title:
- Opening of the Thames Tunnel. 1843.
- Object name(s):
- Trinity College Loan; medal; British Isles
- Collection:
- Fitzwilliam Museum
- Acquisition date:
- 1937
- Acquisition method:
- loan
- Acquisition source:
- Trinity College, Cambridge
- Dimension:
- Diameter (min)
- Dimension measured part:
- Object
- Dimension measurement unit:
- mm
- Dimension value:
- 48
- Dimension:
- Diameter
- Dimension measured part:
- Object
- Dimension measurement unit:
- mm
- Dimension value:
- 48
- Dimension:
- Weight
- Dimension measured part:
- Object
- Dimension measurement unit:
- g
- Dimension value:
- 39.59
- 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:
- (in exergue) THAMES TUNNEL 1200 FT. LNG 76FT BELOW HIGH WATER MARK COMMENCED MARCH 1825 OPENED MARCH 25 1843 COST £416,000
- Inscription description:
- A view of the tunnel and the stairs leading to it.
- Inscription position:
- reverse
- Inscription type:
- design
- Object component name:
- Object
- Object component information:
- white metal
- Object name:
- Trinity College Loan; medal; British Isles
- Object number:
- CM.TR.2234-R
- Object production date:
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1843
- Date - latest:
- 1843
- Object production person:
- Victoria (1837-1901)
- Person's association:
- ruler
- Object production person:
- Taylor, J.
- Person's association:
- engraver
- Other number:
- CM.TR.2234-R
- Other number type:
- accession number
- Other number:
- 228612
- Other number type:
- priref
- Other number:
- https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/228612
- Other number type:
- uri
- 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:
- 91
- Reference type:
- reference
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Use licence for this record: CC 0
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/f7de39bf-3b75-37c5-8a8f-a7e618c2ec42, Fitzwilliam Museum, CC 0
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