Sir Marc Isambard Brunel (1769-1849), Civil engineer
Sitter in 10 portraits
Brunel was one of the principal engineers and inventors of the Regency period. Born in France, he fled the French Revolution in 1793 and settled in England in 1799. A prolific inventor, Brunel devised power-driven machines for sawing timber, knitting stockings and mass-producing ships' rigging blocks. He improved the docks at Chatham and Liverpool before taking on his most important project, the Thames Tunnel from Rotherhithe to Wapping (1825-43), the first tunnel built under a navigable river.
by James Northcote
oil on canvas, 1812-1813, dated 1813
On display in Room 19 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 978
by Pierre-Jean David D'Angers
bronze medallion, 1828
NPG 5434
by William Brockedon
pencil and chalk, circa 1834
NPG 2515(28)
by Samuel Drummond
oil on canvas, circa 1835
NPG 89
by Unknown photographer
daguerreotype, circa 1845
NPG P578
Men of Science Living in 1807-8
by Sir John Gilbert, and Frederick John Skill, and William Walker, and Elizabeth Walker (née Reynolds)
pencil and wash, 1858-1862
NPG 1075
Engraving after 'Men of Science Living in 1807-8'
by George Zobel, and William Walker
engraving, 1862
NPG 1075a
Key to engraving after 'Men of Science Living in 1807-8'
by William Walker
engraving, 1862
NPG 1075b
by Charles Turner, after James Northcote
mezzotint, published 1815
NPG D32248
by J. Carter, after Samuel Drummond
mezzotint, published 1846
NPG D32247
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