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Sir Marc Isambard Brunel
2 of 11 portraits of Sir Marc Isambard Brunel
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Sir Marc Isambard Brunel
by Pierre-Jean David D'Angers
bronze medallion, 1828
4 7/8 in. (124 mm) diameter
Purchased, 1981
Primary Collection
NPG 5434
Artistback to top
- Pierre-Jean David D'Angers (1788-1856), Sculptor and medallist. Artist or producer associated with 8 portraits.
This portraitback to top
An early medallion from David D'Anger's project to form a pantheon of portraits of the outstanding men and women of his time; these assertively modelled reliefs were intended, according to the artist, to speak to us from a different planet to our own, namely that of the hero's soul.
Linked publicationsback to top
- Saywell, David; Simon, Jacob, Complete Illustrated Catalogue, 2004, p. 84
- Walker, Richard, Regency Portraits, 1985, p. 70
Events of 1828back to top
Current affairs
Duke of Wellington becomes Prime Minister.Madhouse Act attempts to regulate asylums and ensure new arrivals are genuinely insane.
Repeal of the Test Acts removes political restrictions from dissenters, allowing them to hold public office.
Art and science
London Zoological Gardens open in Regent's Park. They provide both entertainment and a supply of exotic specimens for naturalists and anatomists such as Richard Owen who becomes a European authority on the subject.International
Daniel O'Connell is elected Member of Parliament for County Clare but as a Catholic is not permitted to take his seat.Comments back to top
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