‘Coupe d’une Tounelle pour le service des gens de pied, prise dans toute son étendue’
| Year | 1824 |
|---|---|
| Object no. | LDBRU:2017.13 |
| Size | 300 x 1240mm |
| Location | Stored at London Metropolitan Archives |
| Acquired | Auction at Bonhams Grants from NHMF, Art Fund, V&A, Friends National Libraries & Trinity Buoy Wharf |
A watercolour featuring 'a cross-section of the tunnel for pedestrians shown to its full extent', seemingly captioned by Marc Isambard Brunel and signed by his chief mechanical draftsman, Joseph Pinchback ('Drawn by J. Pinchback, 1824) including scale of feet; consists of one long sheet folded into four with some tears and staining