| Title | Portrait of James Watt (1736-1819) |
| Date Created | 1910~ |
| Description | Photogravure reproduction after an oil painting of the Scottish inventor and engineer James Watt, seated at a desk, with the plans of a rotative beam engine and a 1788 condenser with a wooden frame draped across the desk. 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. Photographische Gesellschaft, Berlin, ca 1910. |
| Date | ca 1910 |
| Related Item | Original in Fine Art Box 1 |
| ID Number | FA-PR-0123 |
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