Thames Tunnel; ticket to see the Shield 1840
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Object number2014.03201
TitleThames Tunnel; ticket to see the Shield 1840
Creator Marc Isambard Brunel (author)
DescriptionA ticket to see the Shield in the Thames Tunnel.
Patterned border with writing inside: 'To the Barrier Gate Keeper, Visitors' Archway. Pass the Bearer to the Shield'. Signed 'McI. Brunel' in ink with 1840 annotated next to it.
It then states "N.B. It is requested that no money be given to any person on the Works, as there is a Box for voluntary contributions towards the SICK FUND'."
Production date 1840 - 1840
Object nameticket
Object categoryprinted ephemera
Materialpaper
Techniqueprinted
Dimensions
- height: 89 mm
width: 120 mm
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”