Isambard Kingdom Brunel's Office at 18 Duke Street, Westminster
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Object number1997.059
TitleIsambard Kingdom Brunel's Office at 18 Duke Street, Westminster
Creator Sophia Brunel McCarthy (painter)
DescriptionIsambard Kingdom Brunel's Office at 18 Duke Street, Westminster. Printed copy of a watercolour. Painted by Lady McCarthy, c. 1845. Interior view of the drawing office of Isambard Kingdom Brunel's at 18 Duke Street, Westminster. There are two large desks in the room with bookshelves, pigeonholes and drawers around the sides. Busts, seascape paintings and nautical miscellanea decorate the room. Ship plans lean against the wall. A model of a boat is on the floor. Manoeuvrable gas lamps hang from the ceiling above one desk. A window at the end of the room looks out over trees. Framed and glazed. Varnished walnut frame.
Production date circa 1845 - circa 1845
Object nameprint
Object categoryvisual art
Techniqueprinted, manufactured
Dimensions
- overall height: 503 mm
overall width: 662 mm
overall depth: 18 mm
DocumentationBrunel's SS Great Britain : Official Guidebook