Title

Sir Henry Bessemer, inventor and engineer, 1881. Artist: Unknown

Caption

Sir Henry Bessemer, inventor and engineer, 1881. Bessemer (1813-1898) was a prolific inventor, but is best known for discovering the Bessemer Process for manufacturing steel, which made the cheap production of steel in bulk possible for the first time. From Men of Mark: a gallery of contemporary portraits of men distinguished in the Senate, the Church, in science, literature and art, the army, navy, law, medicine, etc. Photographed from life by Lock and Whitfield, with brief biographical notices by Thompson Cooper. (Conducted by G. C. Whitfield.) (London, 1876-1883).
The Print Collector collection

Date

1881

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19C18_386

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,2Mb (1,0Mb) / 12,6in x 15,5in / 3776 x 4647 (300dpi)

Keywords

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