Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806-1859), Civil engineer
Sitter in 12 portraits
Brunel is the most celebrated civil engineer of the nineteenth century. The son of Sir Marc Isambard Brunel, he earned early experience working on his father's Thames Tunnel. He went on to design pioneering docks, suspension bridges and the Great Western Railway. His greatest fame came as the designer of three giant steamships that transformed ocean travel - the Great Western (1838), the Great Britain (1845) and the Great Eastern (1858).
by John Callcott Horsley
oil on canvas, 1857
On display in Room 27 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 979
by Robert Howlett
albumen print, November 1857
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by Robert Howlett
albumen print, 1857
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Isambard Kingdom Brunel preparing the launch of 'The Great Eastern'
by Robert Howlett
albumen print, arched top, 1857
NPG P663
by Robert Howlett, published by London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company
albumen carte-de-visite, November 1857
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by Robert Howlett, published by London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company
albumen carte-de-visite, November 1857
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Group including Isambard Kingdom Brunel
by Unknown photographer
albumen print, arched top, circa 1857
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Statue of Isambard Kingdom Brunel at Temple, London
by Elliott & Fry
half-plate negative, 1857
NPG x82501
by Horace Harral, published by Illustrated London News, after a photograph by Robert Howlett
engraving, published 16 January 1858
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by D.J. Pound, after a photograph by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
engraving, published 1859
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by D.J. Pound, after a photograph by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
engraving, published 1859
NPG D1126
by James Scott, after John Lucas
mezzotint, published 1868
NPG D10713
Brunel's Museum, Rotherhithe, London
Brunel's ss Great Britain, Great Western Dockyard, Bristol
Didcot Railway Centre, Didcot Oxon
Maritime Heritage Centre, Bristol, Gloucestershire
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