Credit: ©The Royal Society
    Image number: RS.11953

    Portrait of James Watt

    Date
    1828
    Sitter
    James Watt (1736, British) , Engineer
    Creator
    J. Pass (1766, British) , Engraver
    After
    Auguste Hervieu (1794 - 1858, French) , Painter
    Object type
    Material
    Technique
    Dimensions
    height (plate): 175mm
    width (plate): 123mm
    height (print): 189mm
    width (print): 126mm
    Subject
    Description
    Head and shoulders portrait of James Watt, facing forward with eyes looking to the right as viewed. He wears regency-style clothing of high collared jacket with overcoat. In an oval frame.

    Inscribed ‘J.Pass sc. WATT. Engraved for the Encyclopedia Londinensis, 1828.’

    James Watt was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1785.
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