Accession No

3522

Brief Description

portrait of James Watt by Wagstaff, 19th C

Origin

Maker

Wagstaff. C.E. (engraver)

Class

prints

Earliest Date

1800

Latest Date

1900

Inscription Date

Material

paper

Dimensions

height 250mm; breadth 174mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Inscription

‘Engraved by C.E. Wagstaff.
JAMES WATT.
From a Picture by Sir W. Beechey,
in the possession of J. Watt Esq. of Aston Hall.
Under the Superintendance of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge.
London. Published by Charles Knight, Pall Mall East.’ (below portrait)

Description Notes

Stipple engraving, black and white, portrait of James Watt; engraved by Wagstaff from a painting by Beechey.

Condition fair (browning at edges; holes on left hand edge); complete.

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