Sir Marc Brunel
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Object number2014.03194
TitleSir Marc Brunel
DescriptionA portrait of Sir Marc Brunel, annotated 'Tres Mauvais Portrait'.
Lot description: BRUNEL, Sir Marc Isambard (1769-1849). - W.J. TAYLOR. A double-sided medallion. [N.p.:] cast with date 1842 (diameter 40mm.) One side with a profile portrait titled 'Sir Isambart [sic] Marc Brunel, F.R.S. &c.', the other with a view of the tunnel below the River Thames titled 'Thames Tunnel 1842', within original leather case. - And five similar plaster medallions (one broken), a silhouette portrait, a small polychrome watercolour titled 'Sir M.I. & Lady Brunel', a monochrome watercolour, a pencil drawing and a typed extract from a book, all of related interest (a lot)
Object namepencil drawing
Object categoryvisual art
Credit line“Accepted under the Cultural Gifts Scheme by HM Government from Clive Richards OBE DL and allocated to the ss Great Britain Trust, 2017”