Sir Marc Isambard Brunel
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© National Portrait Gallery, London
Regency Portraits Catalogue
Sir Marc Isambard Brunel
by Pierre-Jean David D'Angers
1828
4 7/8 in. (124 mm) diameter
NPG 5434
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The bronze is one of many by David typifying the revival of the cast medallion. Versions are in the Musée d'Angers and the British Museum, the latter signed on the back by the founder Louis Richard (see Mark Jones, The Art of the Medal, 1979, p 110 and The Medal: Mirror of History (British Museum exhibition 1979), p 36 no. 2).
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Line in imitation of a silver medal, perhaps from a photograph, undated and engraver unknown.
This extended catalogue entry is from the out-of-print National Portrait Gallery collection catalogue: Richard Walker, Regency Portraits, National Portrait Gallery, 1985, and is as published then. For the most up-to-date details on individual Collection works, we recommend reading the information provided in the Search the Collection results on this website in parallel with this text.
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