Isambard Kingdom Brunel
(1806-1859), Civil engineerEarly Victorian Portraits Catalogue Entry
Sitter in 13 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 Robert Howlett
albumen print, November 1857
NPG P112
by Robert Howlett
albumen print, November 1857
NPG P663
by Robert Howlett, and George Downes
albumen stereoscopic card, November 1857
NPG P1979
by Robert Howlett, published by London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company
albumen carte-de-visite, November 1857
NPG x5177
by Robert Howlett, published by London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company
albumen carte-de-visite, November 1857
NPG x4836
probably by Robert Howlett
albumen print, November 1857
NPG x4994
Statue of Isambard Kingdom Brunel at Temple, London
by Elliott & Fry
half-plate negative, 1940s
NPG x82501
by Horace Harral, published by Illustrated Times, after a photograph by Robert Howlett
wood engraving, published 16 January 1858 (November 1857)
NPG D1127
by James Scott, published by Henry Graves & Co, after John Lucas
mezzotint, published 25 January 1858
NPG D10713
by Daniel John Pound, after a photograph by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
engraving, published 1859
NPG D32246
by Daniel John Pound, after a photograph by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
engraving, published 1859
NPG D1126
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