SS Great Eastern launch telegram, Mary Brunel to Isambard Brunel (junior).
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Object number2021.00001
TitleSS Great Eastern launch telegram, Mary Brunel to Isambard Brunel (junior).
Creator Mary Elizabeth Brunel (author), The Electric and International Telegraph Company (creator)
DescriptionSingle page telegram from Mary Elizabeth Brunel (wife of Isambard Kingdom Brunel) in London, to Isambard Brunel (junior) (eldest son of Mary and IK Brunel) at Balliol College, University of Oxford. Telegram from 'The Electric and International Telegraph Company'.
Sent on the 31st January 1858. the telegram informs Isambard of the launch of the SS Great Eastern in Millwall, London. 'The ship is all right afloat and in her place'.
On the other side of the telegram - 'The Great Eastern - Steam Ship - launched Jany 31st 1858 - Young Brunel gave this telegraphic message to Her' believed to refer to how Emily Ponsonby, who created a scrap book which included this telegram, came to own it.
Production date 1858-01-31 - 1858-01-31
Object nametelegram
Object categorydocument
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- width: 191 mm
height: 254 mm