Two views of the Thames Tunnel, commemorating the visit by Queen Victoria, London Size:XL: 100 x 75cm looking towards the upper table

looking towards the upper table

Half length portrait

View of the jewelled collar worn by the Lord Mayor of London

British Museum

Two views of the Thames Tunnel, commemorating the visit by Queen Victoria, London Size:XL: 100 x 75cm looking towards the upper tableTwo views of the Thames Tunnel, commemorating the visit by Queen Victoria, London, 1843. At the top is a view of the Queen arriving at the tunnel entrance, and beneath is a view in the tunnel. 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. Sir Marc Isambard Brunel designed the tunnel,