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ICE certificate awarding Marc Isambard Brunel the Thomas Telford Silver Medal
| Year | 1839 |
|---|---|
| Object no. | LDBRU:2017.29 |
| Location | Stored at the London Metropolitan Archives |
| Acquired | Auction at Bonhams Grants from NHMF, Art Fund, V&A, Friends National Libraries & Trinity Buoy Wharf |
Institution of Civil Engineers: certificate awarding Marc Isambard Brunel the Thomas Telford Silver Medal "...in testimony of the high sense entertained by this Institution of the Benefits conferred by him on the Profession of the Civil Engineer by the design and construction of the Shield at The Thames Tunnel and in acknowledgement of the valuable Drawings of the Shield presented by him to this Institution", calligraphic manuscript executed in imitation of engraving, signed by President and Secretary, London, 15 January 1839, on one sheet of vellum, folio.