HA 34 - Letter Paper of the Western Entrance of the Box Tunnel
Folded letter paper with view of the Western Entrance of the Box Tunnel near Bath engraved by J. Shury and published by Wm. Everitt, Bath. Designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel this was the world’s longest railway tunnel when it opened in 1841. Manuscript note that “I value this print of the Box tunnel because it was sent me by my dear brother James with a little pencil inscription still just discernible - He died at Bath R.I.P. These Railway tunnels equal, if they do not surpass, the most stupendous memorials of antiquity”.
Folded letter paper with view of the Western Entrance of the Box Tunnel near Bath engraved by J. Shury and published by Wm. Everitt, Bath. Designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel this was the world’s longest railway tunnel when it opened in 1841. Manuscript note that “I value this print of the Box tunnel because it was sent me by my dear brother James with a little pencil inscription still just discernible - He died at Bath R.I.P. These Railway tunnels equal, if they do not surpass, the most stupendous memorials of antiquity”.
Folded letter paper with view of the Western Entrance of the Box Tunnel near Bath engraved by J. Shury and published by Wm. Everitt, Bath. Designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel this was the world’s longest railway tunnel when it opened in 1841. Manuscript note that “I value this print of the Box tunnel because it was sent me by my dear brother James with a little pencil inscription still just discernible - He died at Bath R.I.P. These Railway tunnels equal, if they do not surpass, the most stupendous memorials of antiquity”.