Mark Isambard Brunel Esq.r F.R.S. Author of the Block Machinery in his Majesty's Dock Yard at Portsmouth, and of other eminent works belonging to the British Government, &c. &c. Whose public works will best attest his fame While private worth adds value to his name. Dedicated by permission to the R.t Hon.ble Lord Viscount Melville, First Lord of the Admiralty, &c. &c. &c. by his Lordship's most ob.t. & hum.ble s.t Cha.s Turner.
Painted by James Northcote Esq.r R.A. Engraved by C.Turner.
London. Pub.d. March 30th, 1815 by C.Turner, 50, Warren Street, Fitzroy Square.
Fine mezzotint. 505 x 355mm (19¾ x 14"), very large margins.
Three-quarter portrait of civil engineer Marc Isambard Brunel (1769-1849), seated, studying mechanical drawings, engraved from a painting now in the National Portrait Gallery (NPG 978).
Whitman 77, state ii of iii. See Science Museum MS/0346/09 for ticket. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65238] £620.00
London. Pub.d. March 30th, 1815 by C.Turner, 50, Warren Street, Fitzroy Square.
Fine mezzotint. 505 x 355mm (19¾ x 14"), very large margins.
Three-quarter portrait of civil engineer Marc Isambard Brunel (1769-1849), seated, studying mechanical drawings, engraved from a painting now in the National Portrait Gallery (NPG 978).
Whitman 77, state ii of iii. See Science Museum MS/0346/09 for ticket. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65238] £620.00