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Victoria Embankment / Temple Place (WC2)

Isambard Kingdom Brunel

Portsmouth 1806 - London 1859
English mechanical and civil engineer who built dockyards, the Great Western Railway, a series of steamships and numerous important bridges and tunnels
(Wikipedia)

Carlo Marochetti
c. 1861

Description

Bronze statue of Brunel standing, holding a pair of dividers.

Inscription(s)

isambard kingdom brunel
civil engineer
born 1806 died 1859

Annotation

Here erected in 1877. The monument is designed by Richard Norman Shaw.

Sculptor

Baron Carlo (Charles) Marochetti (Turin 1805 - Passy 1867) Italian-French sculptor, born in Turin, but raised in Paris as a French citizen (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Wikipedia, List of public art in the City of Westminster.
Bob Speel, London sculpture.
George Laurence Gomme, Return of outdoor memorials in London (London: City Council, 1910) (through Internet Archive).
John Blackwood, London's Immortals: The Complete Outdoor Commemorative Statues (London: Savoy, 1989), p. 160-161.
Andrew Kershman, London's Monuments (London: Metro Publ., 2013), p. 119.
Peter Matthews, London's Statues and Monuments (Botley: Shire, 2012), p. 56.

Locatie (N 51°30'38" - W 0°6'54") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: gblo119; Photograph: 7 August 2014
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