Collection of documents relating to Marc Brunel, Sophia Hawes, Benjamin Hawes and descendants.
Object number2016.00011
TitleCollection of documents relating to Marc Brunel, Sophia Hawes, Benjamin Hawes and descendants.
DescriptionCollection of documents relating to Marc Brunel, Sophia Hawes, Benjamin Hawes and descendants. Includes letters from Marc Brunel to Sophia Hawes (his daughter) and Benjamin Hawes (Sophia's husband) discussing the Thames Tunnel, as well as more personal subjects. Collection also includes one note book belonging to Marc, and one set of pages sown together - possible memoirs? Also present are documents dated to later 19th and early 20th century, relating to later Hawes family members.
Objects are accessioned individually.
Object namebooklet, brown & white photograph, postcard, envelope, letter, memoir, newspaper cutting, print, passport, pencil drawing, sheet music
Object categorycorrespondence, printed ephemera, document, performing art, photography, visual art