Title

Matthew Boulton, English manufacturer and engineer, c1880. Artist: Unknown.

Caption

Matthew Boulton, English manufacturer and engineer, c1880. Works owner Matthew Boulton (1728-1809) and Scottish engineer and inventor James Watt (1736-1819) formed a partnership in 1773 to produce steam engines. Boulton's factory at Soho, near Birmingham, produced the first of the revolutionary steam engines designed by Watt. By the early 19th century over 500 Boulton and Watt engines were being used in Britain's mines and factories. A print from Great Industries of Great Britain, Volume I, published by Cassell Petter and Galpin, (London, Paris, New York, c1880). (Colorised black and white print).
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Date

1880

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19D08_196

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,2Mb (5,6Mb) / 12,9in x 15,2in / 3856 x 4550 (300dpi)

Keywords

England people male event job technology man men engineering engineer country steam guy occupation British English color colour innovation location century Britain steam power profession concept manufacturer entrepreneur steam engine colourised industrial revolution 19th century industrialist 18th century Eighteenth Century nineteenth century The Print Collector mechanisation Matthew Boulton engraving portrait Unknown Matthew Boulton colorised engraving portrait