Collection
Discover our collection of objects.
Printed sheet from Tunnel guidebook
If you’d like a print of the artwork displayed above, you can purchase one from the ArtUK online shop.
Watercolour of planned Shaft and section of a Tunnel
If you’d like a print of the artwork displayed above, you can purchase one from the ArtUK online shop.
Watercolour of the Rotherhithe Shaft
A watercolour cross-sectional illustration of the tunnel shaft, likely done in 1825. On the 16th of February 1825, permission was granted to clear the ground for a sinking shaft 50 feet in diameter and 42 feet in height. Shortly after, on the 3rd of March, the brickwork began and thus marked the beginning of the …
Yates shaft watercolour
A fine and important topographical water colour of the Shaft of the Thames Tunnel by George Yates, dated 1835