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Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806 - 1859) Collection

Brunel was one of the most versatile and audacious engineers of the 19th century.  This is a collection of portraits of Isambard and some of his design of tunnels, bridges, railway lines and famous ships.

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Background imageIsambard Kingdom Brunel (1806 - 1859) Collection: Antique illustration of scientist: Isambard Kingdom Brunel

Antique illustration of scientist: Isambard Kingdom Brunel

Background imageIsambard Kingdom Brunel (1806 - 1859) Collection: Bristol Clifton Suspension Bridge

Bristol Clifton Suspension Bridge
Sunset over the Clifton Suspension Bridge in Bristol, UK. The grade I listed bridge was designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel

Background imageIsambard Kingdom Brunel (1806 - 1859) Collection: Hot Air Balloons over the Clifton Suspension Bridge

Hot Air Balloons over the Clifton Suspension Bridge
Hot air balloons on clifton suspension bridge in Bristol, UK. Completed five years after the death of its creator, Isambard Kingdom Brunel, the bridge opened on 8 December 186

Background imageIsambard Kingdom Brunel (1806 - 1859) Collection: SS Great Eastern

SS Great Eastern
Isambard Kingdom Brunels steamship the Great Eastern was launched on 31st January 1858 and broken up in 1888. (Photo by James Valentine/Getty Images)

Background imageIsambard Kingdom Brunel (1806 - 1859) Collection: Clifton Suspension Bridge with Balloons

Clifton Suspension Bridge with Balloons
The Clifton Suspension Bridge, taken at sunrise with Hot Air Balloons drifting in the distance

Background imageIsambard Kingdom Brunel (1806 - 1859) Collection: Great Harry and Eastern

Great Harry and Eastern
" Vintage engraving showing a comparison between the Tudor warship the Great Harry and the SS Great Eastern, an iron sailing steam ship designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel in the 19th

Background imageIsambard Kingdom Brunel (1806 - 1859) Collection: Isambard Kingdom Brunel and John Scott Russell

Isambard Kingdom Brunel and John Scott Russell
" Vintage engraving from showing Isambard Kingdom Brunel and John Scott Russell, tow of the great engineers of the Industrial Revolution"

Background imageIsambard Kingdom Brunel (1806 - 1859) Collection: Isambard Kingdom Brunel

Isambard Kingdom Brunel
Portrait of Isambard Kingdom Brunel (9 April 1806 to 15 September 1859), was an English mechanical and civil engineer who built dockyards, the Great Western Railway

Background imageIsambard Kingdom Brunel (1806 - 1859) Collection: Wales - inland and coast

Wales - inland and coast
Pembrokeshire, Milford Haven - remains of Brunels Great Western Railway on quayside at Neyland

Background imageIsambard Kingdom Brunel (1806 - 1859) Collection: SS Great Eastern (Leviathan), iron sailing steamship

SS Great Eastern (Leviathan), iron sailing steamship
Vintage illustration of SS Great Eastern, 1850s, 19th Century. SS Great Eastern was an iron sailing steamship designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel

Background imageIsambard Kingdom Brunel (1806 - 1859) Collection: Longitudinal cross section of SS Great Eastern, Leviathan, Steamship, 19th Century

Longitudinal cross section of SS Great Eastern, Leviathan, Steamship, 19th Century
Vintage illustration of Longitudinal cross section of SS Great Eastern, Leviathan, Steamship 19th Century. An iron sailing steamship designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel, and built by J

Background imageIsambard Kingdom Brunel (1806 - 1859) Collection: Clifton Suspension Bridge Silhouette

Clifton Suspension Bridge Silhouette
The world famous Clifton Suspension Bridge was designed by the great Victorian engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel, although he never lived to see his creation finished in 1864

Background imageIsambard Kingdom Brunel (1806 - 1859) Collection: Black and White Clifton Suspension Bridge

Black and White Clifton Suspension Bridge
Completed five years after the death of its creator, Isambard Kingdom Brunel, the bridge opened on 8 December 1864

Background imageIsambard Kingdom Brunel (1806 - 1859) Collection: Clifton Suspension Bridge Overlooking the Avon Gorge

Clifton Suspension Bridge Overlooking the Avon Gorge
Overlooking the Avon Gorge from the Bristol side. The world famous Clifton Suspension Bridge was designed by the great Victorian engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel

Background imageIsambard Kingdom Brunel (1806 - 1859) Collection: A creative image with shallow depth of field of Clifton Suspension Bridge, Bristol

A creative image with shallow depth of field of Clifton Suspension Bridge, Bristol
The symbol of the city of Bristol, for over 150 years. This Grade I listed bridge was created by Isambard Kingdom Brunel. Opened in 1864

Background imageIsambard Kingdom Brunel (1806 - 1859) Collection: SS Great Western at New York

SS Great Western at New York
Vintage engraving showing the arrival of the SS Great Western at New York. SS Great Western of 1838, was an oak-hulled paddle-wheel steamship; the first purpose-built for crossing the Atlantic

Background imageIsambard Kingdom Brunel (1806 - 1859) Collection: Laying the Atlantic telegraph cable

Laying the Atlantic telegraph cable
A montage of illustrations depicting scenes concerning the laying of the Atlantic telegraph cable by Isambard Kingdom Brunelas ship aSS Great Easterna from Foilhommerum Bay, Valentia Island

Background imageIsambard Kingdom Brunel (1806 - 1859) Collection: The Great Eastern steamship laying the Atlantic Cable

The Great Eastern steamship laying the Atlantic Cable
The SS Great Eastern steamship laying the Atlantic Cable. The Great Easterna was an iron sailing steam ship which was designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel and launched in 1858

Background imageIsambard Kingdom Brunel (1806 - 1859) Collection: Clifton Suspension Bridge Partial Structure

Clifton Suspension Bridge Partial Structure
circa 1863: The partially-built structure of the Clifton Suspension Bridge, spanning the Avon Gorge in Bristol. Designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel, the bridge was constructed between 1836 and 1864

Background imageIsambard Kingdom Brunel (1806 - 1859) Collection: Clifton Suspension Bridge, Bristol (Victorian engraving)

Clifton Suspension Bridge, Bristol (Victorian engraving)
The Clifton Suspension Bridge crossing the River Avon and Avon Gorge at Clifton, a suburb of Bristol, England. It was opened in 1864 as a toll bridge

Background imageIsambard Kingdom Brunel (1806 - 1859) Collection: Great Western

Great Western
1838: The Great Western Steamship, designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel with a gross tonnage of 703 tons, passing Portishead on her 1st voyage from Bristol to New York

Background imageIsambard Kingdom Brunel (1806 - 1859) Collection: Brunels Station

Brunels Station
circa 1845: Isambard Kingdom Brunels Elizabethan hammerbeam roof and colonnade at the Great Western Railway Station at Temple Meads in Bristol. (Photo by Edward Gooch/Edward Gooch/Getty Images)

Background imageIsambard Kingdom Brunel (1806 - 1859) Collection: Temple Meads

Temple Meads
circa 1890: Great Western Railways Temple Meads Station in Bristol designed by British civil engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel. (Photo by London Stereoscopic Company/Getty Images)

Background imageIsambard Kingdom Brunel (1806 - 1859) Collection: Clifton Bridge circa 1900:

Clifton Bridge circa 1900:
circa 1900: The Clifton Suspension Bridge, spanning the Avon Gorge Bristol, designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806 - 1859), but not completed until after his death in 1864

Background imageIsambard Kingdom Brunel (1806 - 1859) Collection: The Great Eastern At Dock In New York

The Great Eastern At Dock In New York
A crowd of people gawks at the revolutionary ship SS Great Eastern designed and built by engineer entrepreneur Isambard Kingdom Brunel as she sits at her dock in New York City, 1860s

Background imageIsambard Kingdom Brunel (1806 - 1859) Collection: Great Britain

Great Britain
1845: The promenade deck of the Great Britain, the first iron-hulled screw propeller-driven passenger liner. Designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel, she was launched in 1843

Background imageIsambard Kingdom Brunel (1806 - 1859) Collection: Great Western

Great Western
1846: The wooden paddle steamer Great Western, designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel, is caught in a severe gale. Original Publication: Illustrated London News - pub

Background imageIsambard Kingdom Brunel (1806 - 1859) Collection: Brunel Bridge

Brunel Bridge
1859: Isambard Kingdom Brunels Royal Albert Bridge which spans the Tamar at Saltash. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageIsambard Kingdom Brunel (1806 - 1859) Collection: Clifton Bridge circa 1900:

Clifton Bridge circa 1900:
circa 1900: The Clifton Suspension Bridge, spanning the Avon Gorge Bristol, designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806 - 1859), but not completed until after his death in 1864

Background imageIsambard Kingdom Brunel (1806 - 1859) Collection: Royal Albert Bridge

Royal Albert Bridge
The Royal Albert Bridge, designed by British engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel, over the River Tamar at Saltash, under construction. (Photo by Picture Post/Getty Images)

Background imageIsambard Kingdom Brunel (1806 - 1859) Collection: The Diving Bell

The Diving Bell
A diving bell is lowered into the River Thames after an irruption of water into the Thames Tunnel, 1827. Rotherhithe Church is in the background

Background imageIsambard Kingdom Brunel (1806 - 1859) Collection: Sail And Steam

Sail And Steam
September 1859: The Great Eastern designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel rounding the point opposite Blackwall on the Thames

Background imageIsambard Kingdom Brunel (1806 - 1859) Collection: Newly Built Bridge

Newly Built Bridge
Crowds on the banks of the River Tamar at Saltash, Cornwall celebrate the opening of the Royal Albert Bridge, designed by British engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel, 1859

Background imageIsambard Kingdom Brunel (1806 - 1859) Collection: Bridge Over The Avon

Bridge Over The Avon
The Clifton suspension bridge, which spans the river Avon near Bristol, circa 1880. Designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel, it was completed in 1864. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageIsambard Kingdom Brunel (1806 - 1859) Collection: Bridge On the River Tamar

Bridge On the River Tamar
The Royal Albert Bridge, over the River Tamar at Saltash, Cornwall, 1869. Designed by British engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel, it was completed in 1859. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageIsambard Kingdom Brunel (1806 - 1859) Collection: Royal Albert Bridge

Royal Albert Bridge
The Royal Albert Bridge over the River Tamar at Saltash, Cornwall, circa 1880. Designed by British engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel, it was completed in 1859

Background imageIsambard Kingdom Brunel (1806 - 1859) Collection: Clifton Suspension Bridge

Clifton Suspension Bridge
The Clifton suspension bridge, viewed from below the ferry, circa 1880. Spanning the river Avon near Bristol, the bridge was designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel

Background imageIsambard Kingdom Brunel (1806 - 1859) Collection: Train Over The Tamar

Train Over The Tamar
A train crosses the Royal Albert Bridge over the River Tamar at Saltash, Cornwall, circa 1880. Designed by British engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel, the bridge was completed in 1859

Background imageIsambard Kingdom Brunel (1806 - 1859) Collection: Opening Ceremony

Opening Ceremony
17th December 1864: The opening of Clifton Suspension Bridge which stretches across the Avon gorge and was designed and built by Isambard Kingdom Brunel

Background imageIsambard Kingdom Brunel (1806 - 1859) Collection: Great Western Arrives

Great Western Arrives
1838: The Great Western, Isambard Kingdom Brunels ship, arriving in New York to be greeted by a flotilla of small boats. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageIsambard Kingdom Brunel (1806 - 1859) Collection: Royal Albert Bridge

Royal Albert Bridge
1869: Isambard Kingdom Brunels 930 foot long Royal Albert Bridge which crosses the River Tamar in Saltash, Cornwall. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageIsambard Kingdom Brunel (1806 - 1859) Collection: The Great Western

The Great Western
The SS Great Western departs on her maiden voyage from Bristol to New York, 8th April 1838. Designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel, the oak-hulled paddle-wheel steamship was scrapped in 1856


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