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Isambard Kingdom Brunel

(1806-1859), Civil engineer

Early 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).

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Isambard Kingdom Brunel, by John Callcott Horsley - NPG 979

Isambard Kingdom Brunel

by John Callcott Horsley
oil on canvas, 1857
On display in Room 16 on Floor 3 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 979

Isambard Kingdom Brunel, by Robert Howlett - NPG P662

Isambard Kingdom Brunel

by Robert Howlett
albumen print, November 1857
On display in Room 21 on Floor 2 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG P662

Isambard Kingdom Brunel, by Robert Howlett, and  George Downes - NPG P1979

Isambard Kingdom Brunel

by Robert Howlett, and George Downes
albumen stereoscopic card, November 1857
NPG P1979

Isambard Kingdom Brunel, by Robert Howlett, published by  London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company - NPG x5177

Isambard Kingdom Brunel

by Robert Howlett, published by London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company
albumen carte-de-visite, November 1857
NPG x5177

Isambard Kingdom Brunel, by Robert Howlett, published by  London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company - NPG x4836

Isambard Kingdom Brunel

by Robert Howlett, published by London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company
albumen carte-de-visite, November 1857
NPG x4836

Isambard Kingdom Brunel, by Horace Harral, published by  Illustrated Times, after a photograph by  Robert Howlett - NPG D1127

Isambard Kingdom Brunel

by Horace Harral, published by Illustrated Times, after a photograph by Robert Howlett
wood engraving, published 16 January 1858 (November 1857)
NPG D1127

Isambard Kingdom Brunel, by Daniel John Pound, after a photograph by  John Jabez Edwin Mayall - NPG D32246

Isambard Kingdom Brunel

by Daniel John Pound, after a photograph by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
engraving, published 1859
NPG D32246

Isambard Kingdom Brunel, by Daniel John Pound, after a photograph by  John Jabez Edwin Mayall - NPG D1126

Isambard Kingdom Brunel

by Daniel John Pound, after a photograph by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
engraving, published 1859
NPG D1126

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