Plan and longitudinal section of the Thames Tunnel, London mb-height 2514 View of the figure sculptures

View of the figure sculptures from the pediment of the gate to Old Bethlehem Hospital

an allusion to his annoyance at the satires concerning his postponement of the Royal Visit to the City in 1830

The crowd in the foreground is watching the procession passing in front of the opticians

during its opening ceremony

Plan and longitudinal section of the Thames Tunnel, London mb-height 2514 View of the figure sculpturesPlan and longitudinal section of the Thames Tunnel, London, 1842. The Thames Tunnel, connecting Wapping and Rotherhithe, was the first underwater tunnel in the world. Completed as a foot tunnel in 1843, it was converted to a railway tunnel for the East London Railway in the 1860s. The plan is signed by the engineer, Sir Marc Isambard Brunel.