Portrait of James Watt - Royal Society
He wears short hair and is dressed in regency-style clothing of jacket, waistcoat, white shirt and cravat.,Half-length portrait of James Watt seated in three-quarter profile to the left and looking out to viewer.
James Watt | Science Museum Group Collection
Portrait of James Watt F.R.S. (1736-1819). Engineer. Engraved by C.E. Wagstaff after Sir W. Beechey. Overall size 5 3/4"x7 3/8"
James Watt | Science Museum Group Collection
Painting, Portrait of James Watt, by Carl Fredrik von Breda, 1792. Oil on canvas; 127 x 102 cm in frame 140 x 115 x 5.5 cm. Signed and dated blc. One of three known versions of an oil painted by Carl Fredrik von Breda upon a visit to Boulton and Watt in Birmingham in 1792, probably in the company of the engineer John Rennie and to his commission.
Portrait of James Watt - Smithsonian Institution
Half-length portrait of the Scottish inventor James Watt (1736-1819), shown seated at his desk, facing one quarter to the left, his gaze directed frontally. His left forearm rests on the arm of the chair. Books, pen, and drawings shown behind him.
James Watt - Wikipedia
James Watt FRS FRSE (/ wɒt /; 30 January 1736 (19 January 1736 OS) – 25 August 1819) [a] was a Scottish inventor, mechanical engineer, and chemist who improved on Thomas Newcomen 's 1712 Newcomen steam engine with his Watt steam engine in 1776, which was fundamental to the changes brought by the Industrial Revolution in both his native Great Bri...
Portrait Of James Watt (1736-1819) – Works – Paul Mellon Centre
Inscribed and dated: James Watt LLD, FRS/Aet. 65. Anno 1801-/Sir Wm Beechey Pinxit
Portrait of James Watt, engraved by John Le ... - Science …
Portrait of James Watt, F.R.S. (1736-1819) Engineer. Engraved by John Le Conte after John McDonald. Pubd. by W.H. Vaima,. Edinburgh, May 1860. Overall size 18 1/2"x23 7/8" high.
James Watt - Person - National Portrait Gallery
Engineer Scottish mechanical engineer James Watt originally trained as a mathematical instrument-maker. A popular story tells that Watt was inspired to transform the steam engine from a wasteful to a highly effective and precise machine by watching a kettle boil.
Portrait of James Watt (1736-1819)
The oil painting was done in 1792 by Swedish painter Carl Fredrik von Breda (1759-1818) when the artist visited Watt in Birmingham. The original is on display in Britain’s National Portrait Gallery.
NPG 186a; James Watt - Portrait - National Portrait Gallery
James Watt. by Carl Fredrik von Breda oil on canvas, 1792 49 1/2 in. x 39 1/2 in. (1257 mm x 1003 mm) Given by M.P. Watt Boulton, 1865 Primary Collection NPG 186a. On display in Room 16 on Floor 3 at the National Portrait Gallery