Collection
Discover our collection of objects.
Print of the Wapping Entrance of the Thames Tunnel
Hand-coloured print of the Wapping entrance to the Thames Tunnel. Visible at the top of the image are paintings by I.B. Henkin, installed in 1843, of a range of subjects including Place de la Concorde in Paris; Windsor Castle; and the Leaning Tower of Pisa. It is unclear why the left-hand side of the Tunnel …
Print of the Rotherhithe Entrance of the Thames Tunnel
Hand-coloured engraving of the Rotherhithe entrance of the Thames Tunnel (built 1841). Produced for Dugdale’s England and Wales Delineated, though possibly sold as a standalone print.
Print of the “Diving-Bell Used in the Construction of the Thames Tunnel”
Hand-coloured print of the operation of diving bell used to assess damage to the Thames Tunnel following flooding in the late 1820s, taken from Edward Walford, Old and New London: A Narrative of its History, its People, and its Places (London: Cassell and Company Limited, 1893). For a contemporary view of the operation of the …
Circular letter seeking private funding for the Thames Tunnel
This is a part-lithograph, part-manuscript document, sent by the Thames Tunnel Company (TTC) to prospective investors to sound out possible private funding. One of an unknown number of copies sent over at least a two month period in mid-1828, this letter is evidence of the TTC’s ever more desperate attempts to raise private capital during …
Print of the Thames Tunnel, and River Thames above
Hand-coloured engraving, showing the river at the top with boats and a church; and below it the double arches of the Thames Tunnel, with horses, carts and pedestrians. As such, the print must predate the opening of the Tunnel, which was never able to accommodate horses and carts. At the bottom, the legend “The Thames …
A View of the Western Archway of the Thames Tunnel
This print shows two pairs of men either side, in conversation in the tunnel, three of whom are wearing red jackets, one other in a black coat. The man in the black coat, wearing glasses and holding a paper and pen, appears to be Marc Brunel. It is likely the other figures represent other engineers …
Cardboard Model of the Thames Tunnel and Tunnelling Shield
Two-part cardboard model depicting the tunnelling shield used to dig the Thames Tunnel between 1825-43; formerly owned by Marc Brunel
Print of Gottlob Wünderlich’s Thames Tunnel Stall
Hand-coloured print, showing Gottlob Wünderlich’s stall, identifiable by the text on the advert in front of the table in the print (‘Gottlob Wünderlich aus Leipzig. Hier spricht man [sic] Deutsch’, ‘Gottlob Wünderlich from Leipzig. German spoken here’). Appears to show the Rotherhithe entrance of the Thames Tunnel.
“Thames Tunnel” foreign-language print by William Tombleson
This is a steeplate engraving of the Thames Tunnel, with a border made up of doric columns supported by Atlas (?) on either side, a boat with British flag and Britannia sailing along the top edge, and motifs of oars. The print, produced a decade before the Thames Tunnel was opened in 1843, offers an …
“Thames Tunnel” hand-coloured print by William Tombleson
Printed image of the Thames Tunnel, done in steelplate engraving, with a border made up of doric columns supported by Atlas (?) on either side, a boat with British flag and Britannia sailing along the top edge, motifs of oars, and the words “Thames Tunnel” along the bottom. The central image has been hand-coloured. Below …
French Revolutionary Banknote
Assignat of 25 sols, printed following the French Revolution of 1789
I.K. Brunel by the Launching Chains of the SS Great Eastern
Albumen print by Robert Howlett (1831-58)
“Memoir of Sir Marc Isambard Brunel” by Richard Beamish
Copy of Richard Beamish’s Memoir of the Life of Sir Marc Isambard Brunel (1866), with a number of manuscript annotations on the flyleaves documenting the Brunel family’s genealogy. The volume also contains a manuscript dedication from John Kennedy (later Rev. John Kennedy, headmaster of Aldenham School, Herts., 1877-99) to Philip Edward Lee, dated 1865 on …
Printed sheet from Tunnel guidebook
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Map showing the progress of the Tunnel
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Lithographic sheet showing progress of the Tunnel
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