page_title: Joseph Walter
section_title: Brunel's steamships
hierarchical_section_title: Joseph Walter / Brunel's steamships
caption_attribution_description: Launch of the SS Great Britain, the revolutionary ship of Isambard Kingdom Brunel, at Bristol in 1843 This picture is the copyright of the Lordprice Collection and is reproduced on Wikipedia with their permission.
context_page_description: Joseph Walter was an English marine painter in oils and watercolour, working at Bristol and Portishead. He gained notice for his portrayals of Brunel's steamships Great Western and Great Britain.
context_section_description: Walter gained notice as a result of his numerous portrayals of Brunel's steamships Great Western and Great Britain. These included the oil painting The Great Western passing Portishead on her maiden voyage to New York, 8 April 1838 (c. 1839) and the lithograph Launch of the Great Britain Steam Ship at Bristol, July 19th 1843. Later he depicted in watercolour the grounding of the Great Britain in 1846 which put the Great Western Steamship Company out of business.
caption: Launch of the Great Britain Steam Ship at Bristol, July 19th 1843 (detail)
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