If you’d like a print of the artwork displayed above, you can purchase one from the ArtUK online shop.
Cross-section of the Thames Tunnel after flooding
| Year | 1837 |
|---|---|
| Object no. | LDBRU:2017.21 |
| Size | 310mm (w) x 190mm (h) |
| Location | Stored offsite at TLA |
| Acquired | Auction at Bonhams Grants from NHMF, Art Fund, V&A, Friends National Libraries & Trinity Buoy Wharf |
Watercolour featuring a "Transverse section of the Thames tunnel and strata...", extensively annotated, and signed with monogram [?] "R.P.", inscribed to Brunel's son-in-law Benjamin Hawes MP, dated "3 March 1837".