Sujet
Isambard Kingdom Brunel, British engineer, 1857 (1956).Artist: Robert Howlett
Légende
Isambard Kingdom Brunel, British engineer, 1857 (1956). Brunel (1806-1859) standing in front of the launching chains of his steamship the 'Great Eastern'. Brunel left school in 1822 to work for his father Marc Isambard Brunel on the construction of the Thames Tunnel. He later became the chief engineer of the Great Western Railway between 1833 and 1858, and designed many bridges and viaducts including the Royal Albert Bridge in Saltash, Cornwall, and the Clifton Suspension Bridge in Bristol. He also designed the steamships 'Great Western', the 'Great Britain' and the 'Great Eastern'. A print from People, a volume about the origin and early history of many things, common and less common, essential and inessential, by Readers Union, the Grosvenor Press, London, 1956.
The Print Collector collection
Date
1956
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector
Notre référence
HRM19C53_071
Model release
Non
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
50,0Mo (2,7Mo) / 29,9cm x 41,9cm / 3530 x 4952 (300dpi)