Sir Daniel Gooch, 1st Bt (1816-1889), Railway pioneer and inventor
Sitter in 4 portraits
Railway engineer; appointed by Brunel locomotive superintendent of the Great Western Railway; designed the best locomotives of the period; in 1865 became Chairman of the GWR and rescued it from bankruptcy; severe and puritanical in character, but Brunel's closest supporter and friend.
by Sir Francis Grant
oil on canvas, 1872
On display in Room 27 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 5080
by Maull & Co
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG Ax46465
by Herbert Rose Barraud, published by Richard Bentley & Son
carbon print, published 1888
NPG Ax5429
by Herbert Rose Barraud, published by Richard Bentley & Son
carbon print, published 1888
NPG x16462
Building and Heavy Engineering
Technology
Groups
Inventors
Pioneers
Place
Berkshire
Thematic collections
Keep in touch
