Industrialist Collection (page 3)

Enter the new Ford, New York City, USA, 1927. Henry Ford (1863-1947), founder of the Ford Motor Company, Tex Rickard (1870-1929)

David Alfred Thomas appointed Food Controller, 1917. Artist: Topical Press Agency
David Alfred Thomas appointed Food Controller, 1917. Welsh industrialist and Liberal politician David Alfred Thomas, 1st Viscount Rhondda (1856-1918)

EH Harriman, American railway executive, 1901. Edward Henry Harriman (1848-1909) became President of the Southern Pacific Railroad in 1901

John D Rockefeller, American tycoon and philanthropist, in his later years, 20th century. Rockefeller (1839-1937) made his fortune in the petroleum industry

John Rockefeller - Geb. 1839, 1934. John Davison Rockefeller Sr. (1839-1937), American oil industry business magnate and philanthropist. From Die Groszen der Weltgelchichte

Werner von Siemens 1816-1892. Gemalde von Lenbach, 1934
Werner von Siemens 1816-1892, 1934. Ernst Werner Siemens (1816-1892), German inventor and industrialist. Siemenss name has been adopted as the SI unit of electrical conductance, the siemens

Alfred Krupp 1812-1887. - Gemalde von Grun, 1934
Alfred Krupp 1812-1887, 1934. Alfred Krupp (1812-1887), German inventor, industrialist and steel magnate, part of the prominent 400-year-old German dynasty from Essen famous for their production of

Matthew Boulton, English manufacturer and engineer, c1880. Works owner Matthew Boulton (1728-1809) and Scottish engineer and inventor James Watt (1736-1819)

Frederick John Nettleford, 1924, (1935). Artist: George Hillyard Swinstead
Frederick John Nettleford, 1924, (1935). From A Catalogue of the Pictures and Drawings in the Collection of Frederick John Nettleford, Volume II. - D to H, by C. Reginald Grundy

Sir Josiah Mason, 1901. Sir Josiah Mason (1795-1881) was an industrialist and a philanthropist. He founded Mason Science College in 1875 which later became the University of Birmingham

William Edward Forster, British industrialist, philanthropist and politician, c1880 (1883). From William Ewart Gladstone and His Contemporaries, Vol. III, 1852-1860, by Thomas Archer, F.R.H.S

Portrait of Thomas Turner, c1790, (1919). Artist: Lemuel Francis Abbott
Portrait of Thomas Turner, c1790. Thomas Turner (1749-1809) was a leading figure in the pottery industry, making his early reputation as a chemist

American tycoon John D Rockefeller and his wife arriving at Cleveland, Ohio, 1912 (1951). Rockefeller (1839-1937) made his fortune in the petroleum industry

The gardens of the home of Mr Y Namikawa, leader in the art industries, Kyoto, Japan, 1904. Stereoscopic card. Detail

Sir Charles Tennant At Home, 1901. Sir Charles Clow Tennant, 1st Baronet (1823-1906), Scottish businessman, industrialist and Liberal politician. From The Connoisseur, Vol

William Edward Forster (1818-1886), late 19th century. Forster was a British industrialist, philanthropist, Liberal Party statesman and member of parliament for Bradford

Mark Firth, British industrialist and philanthropist, c1880. Firths (1819-1880) steelworks in Sheffield produced armaments

Sir Edward James Harland, British shipbuilder, c1880. In 1855, Harland (1831-1896) went to Belfast as manager of the then small shipyard. He went on to build the famous White Star liners

Sir John Brown, British industrialist, c1880. Portrait of Brown (1816-1896), a print from Great Industries of Great Britain, Volume I, published by Cassell Petter and Galpin, (London, Paris)

Sir Josiah Mason, English pen-manufacturer, c1880. Portrait of Mason (1795-1881), a print from Great Industries of Great Britain, Volume I, published by Cassell Petter and Galpin, (London, Paris)

Sir Thomas Bazley, 1st Baronet, British manufacturer and politician, c1880. Portrait of Bazley (1797-1885), a print from Great Industries of Great Britain, Volume I

Richard Arkwright, 18th century British industrialist and inventor, (1836). Artist: James Posselwhite
Richard Arkwright, 18th century British industrialist and inventor, (1836). Arkwright (1732-1792) was the inventor of textile manufacturing machinery which included the first practical means of

Sir Hugo Cunliffe-Owen, British businessman, 1926. Artist: Alick P F Ritchie
Sir Hugo Cunliffe-Owen, British businessman, 1926. Portrait of Cunliffe-Owen (1870-1947) who was director of the British-American Tobacco Company

Samuel Morley, abolitionist, political radical, and statesman, c1890. Artist: Cassell, Petter & Galpin
Samuel Morley, abolitionist, political radical, and statesman, c1890. Morley (1809-1886) was the owner of a large and profitable woollen manufacturing business which employed thousands of workers in

Robert Owen, Welsh socialist and social reformer, (1903). Owens (1771-1858) New Lanark Mills in Scotland, which he bought in c1799, featured pioneering social and industrial welfare programmes

Four industrial reformers: Colbert, Turgot, Arkwright and Watt, (1903). Jean Baptiste Colbert, Anne Robert Jacques Turgot, Richard Arkwright and James Watt

Samuel Morley, MP, industrialist and politician, 1882. Artist: Lock & Whitfield
Samuel Morley, MP, industrialist and politician, 1882. Morley (1809-1886) was the owner of a large and profitable woollen manufacturing business which employed thousands of workers in the East

Sir Frederick Handley Page, English industrialist, (c1924). Handley Page (1885-1962) pioneered the design and manufacture of aircraft

Sir Robert Peel, British industrialist, 19th century. Portrait of wealthy cotton manufacturer Robert Peel (1750-1830), father of Sir Robert Peel the politician

Sir Titus Salt, British manufacturer and benefactor, 19th century. Artist: W Holl
Sir Titus Salt, British manufacturer and benefactor, 19th century. Portrait of Bradford businessman Salt (1803-1876) who built Saltaire, a new industrial community

Alfred Krupp, 19th century German metallurgist and industrialist, (1900). In 1826, aged only 14, Alfred Krupp (1812-1887) took over the steel-making factory founded by his father Friedrich

Ernst Werner von Siemens 19th century German inventor and industrialist, (1900). Siemens (1816-1892) co-invented an electroplating process (1841) and also developed an electric dynamo

Josiah Wedgwood, Etruria, 1774, (1913). A print from The Connoisseur, (London, 1913)

Alfred Moritz Mond, 1st Baron Melchett, British industrialist, c1926
Alfred Moritz Mond, 1st Baron Melchett, British industrialist and politician, c1926. The son of Ludwig Mond, Lord Melchett (1868-1930) became the first Chairman of Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI)

Titus Salt, British woolstapler and industrialist, c1880. Salt (1803-1876) discovered a method of blending alpaca wool with cotton and silk

Henry Ford, American engineer and automobile manufacturer, c1910-c1930. In 1903, Henry Ford (1863-1947) founded the Ford Motor Company

Alfred Krupp, German industrialist and armaments manufacturer, 1886. In 1826, aged only 14, Alfred Krupp (1812-1887) took over the steel-making factory founded by his father Friedrich

Alfred Nobel, Swedish chemist and inventor. In 1866 Swedish chemist and industrialist Nobel (1833-1896) invented a safe and manageable form of nitroglycerine he called dynamite

Josiah Wedgwood, 18th century English industrialist and potter, c1880. Wedgwood (1730-1795) is credited with the industrialisation of pottery manufacture at his factories

Josiah Wedgwood, English industrialist and potter. Artist: W Holl
Josiah Wedgwood, English industrialist and potter. Wedgwood (1730-1795) is credited with the industrialisation of pottery manufacture at his factories

Matthew Boulton (1728-1809), English engineer and industrialist
Matthew Boulton, English engineer and industrialist. Works owner Matthew Boulton (1728-1809) and Scottish engineer and inventor James Watt (1736-1819)

Matthew Boulton, engineer and industrialist, c1801. Artist: William Sharp
Matthew Boulton, engineer and industrialist, c1801. Works owner Matthew Boulton and Scottish engineer and inventor, James Watt formed a partnership in 1773 to produce steam engines

William George Armstrong (1810-1900), British industrialist, inventor and scientist, c1890. Armstrong established Elswick Engine Works at Newcastle-upon-Tyne in 1847

Richard Arkwright (1732-1792), British industrialist and inventor. Arkwright was the inventor of textile manufacturing machinery which included the first practical means of mechanical spinning using

Matthew Boulton, English entrepreneur, industrialist and engineer, 1809. English works owner Boulton (1728-1809) (front) and Scottish engineer and inventor James Watt (1736-1819)

Matthew Boulton and James Watt, British engineers and industrialists, 1871. Artist: J Moore
Matthew Boulton and James Watt, British engineers and industrialists, 1871. English works owner Matthew Boulton (1728-1809) (front) and Scottish engineer and inventor Watt (1736-1819)

Andrew Carnegie, Scottish-born American philanthropist and industrialist, 1903. Artist: Spy
Andrew Carnegie, Scottish-born American philanthropist and industrialist, 1903. Carnegie (1835-1918) amassed a vast fortune in the steel industry

Robert Peel, British industrialist. Peel (1750-1830) made his fortune in the cotton industry. He was the father of the statesman Robert Peel. Engraving after a portrait by Thomas Lawrence

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