James Watt and the Steam Engine by James Eckford Lauder Art Print
James Watt and the Steam Engine by James Eckford Lauder Art Print
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A young man alone in a workshop at night, a model engine on the bench in front of him, tools and drawings everywhere, the look on his face of someone who has just understood something. The full title says what: the Dawn of the Nineteenth Century.
James Watt was an instrument maker at Glasgow University when he worked out, on a Sunday walk across Glasgow Green in 1765, how to make the steam engine efficient. James Eckford Lauder painted the moment of thought rather than the walk, ninety years later, in 1855, and the picture became the standard image of Scottish invention. Lauder, born in Edinburgh in 1811, was the younger brother of the painter Robert Scott Lauder.
The original hangs in the Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh.
Printed to order on heavyweight archival paper with a narrow white border that keeps the painting's own proportions. Framed in black, wood or white, or unframed for your own frame. Shipped free worldwide.
- Archival paper, fade-resistant pigment inks
- Unframed in 30 × 45 cm and 40 × 60 cm; framed in black, wood or white at 30 × 45 cm
- Made to order and shipped free worldwide
Print & Frame Details
Paper. Archival matte paper, 250gsm (110lb), acid-free and FSC-certified — off-white and uncoated. Printed with archival pigment inks for colour that holds for decades.
Frames. Framed prints come in black, white or wood: solid oak or ash, 20mm thick, with shatterproof protective glazing. Ready to hang, hanging kit included.
Unframed. Smaller sizes ship flat; larger sizes ship rolled in a protective tube. Choose your size and frame above.
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