Inventor Collection

Isambard Kingdom Brunel Standing Before the Launching Chains of the Great Eastern, 1857, printed 1863-64

Otto Lilienthal makes one of his last flights, 1896 (1956). Otto Lilienthal (1848-1896) German gliding pioneer and aeronautical inventor, flying one of his gliders

James Watt, Scottish engineer and inventor, 1833. Watt (1736-1819) was born at Greenock on the Clyde, Scotland, and showed an interest in engineering and invention from an early age

Josephus Daniels & wife, Thos. Edison & wife, 1914. Creator: Bain News Service. Josephus Daniels & wife, Thos
Josephus Daniels & wife, Thos. Edison & wife, 1914. Shows Secretary of the Navy, Josephus Daniels (1862 -1948) and his wife (Addie Worth Bagley Daniels) and Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931)

Bridge over the Golden Horn. From Paris Manuscript L, 1502. Creator: Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519)
Bridge over the Golden Horn. From Paris Manuscript L, 1502. Found in the Collection of the Bibliotheque de l'Institut de France, Paris.

Captain Urquhart experimenting with his Life-Preserving Raft on the Thames, 1858. Creator: Unknown
Captain Urquhart experimenting with his Life-Preserving Raft on the Thames, [in London] 1858. A craft, attracting attention by its singular appearance

AI IMAGE - Portrait of Tim Berners-Lee, 2010s, (2023). Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - Portrait of Tim Berners-Lee, 2010s, (2023). English computer scientist Berners-Lee (born 1955), also known as TimBL, is best known as the inventor of the World Wide Web

AI IMAGE - Portrait of Leonardo da Vinci, 1500s, (2023). Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - Portrait of Leonardo da Vinci, 1500s, (2023). Leonardo (1452-1519) was an Italian polymath of the High Renaissance - artist, inventor, engineer, scientist, theorist, sculptor

AI IMAGE - Portrait of Leonardo da Vinci, 1500s, (2023). Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - Portrait of Leonardo da Vinci, 1500s, (2023). Leonardo (1452-1519) was an Italian polymath of the High Renaissance - artist, inventor, engineer, scientist, theorist, sculptor

AI IMAGE - Portrait of Leonardo da Vinci, 1500s, (2023). Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - Portrait of Leonardo da Vinci, 1500s, (2023). Leonardo (1452-1519) was an Italian polymath of the High Renaissance - artist, inventor, engineer, scientist, theorist, sculptor

The late Mr. Evan Leigh, C.E. 1876. Creator: Unknown
The late Mr. Evan Leigh, C.E. 1876. British engineer and...author of some useful inventions for the improvement of the machinery of cotton manufacture...Another subject in which Mr

AI IMAGE - Bust of Archimedes, 3rd century BC, (2023). Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - Bust of Archimedes, 3rd century BC, (2023). Archimedes of Syracuse (c287- 212 BC), Greek mathematician, physicist, engineer, inventor, and astronomer

AI IMAGE - Bust of Archimedes, 3rd century BC, (2023). Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - Bust of Archimedes, 3rd century BC, (2023). Archimedes of Syracuse (c287- 212 BC), Greek mathematician, physicist, engineer, inventor, and astronomer

AI IMAGE - Bust of Archimedes, 3rd century BC, (2023). Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - Bust of Archimedes, 3rd century BC, (2023). Archimedes of Syracuse (c287- 212 BC), Greek mathematician, physicist, engineer, inventor, and astronomer

AI IMAGE - Alan Turing at Bletchley, 1940s, (2023). Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - Alan Turing at Bletchley, 1940s, (2023). British mathematician, logician and code breaker Alan Turing (1912-1954) joined the Government Code and Cypher School at Bletchley Park

AI IMAGE - Alan Turing at Bletchley, 1940s, (2023). Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - Alan Turing at Bletchley, 1940s, (2023). British mathematician, logician and code breaker Alan Turing (1912-1954) joined the Government Code and Cypher School at Bletchley Park

AI IMAGE - Portrait of Tim Berners-Lee, 2010s, (2023). Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - Portrait of Tim Berners-Lee, 2010s, (2023). English computer scientist Berners-Lee (born 1955), also known as TimBL, is best known as the inventor of the World Wide Web

AI IMAGE - Portrait of Tim Berners-Lee sitting with a laptop, 2010s, (2023). Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - Portrait of Tim Berners-Lee sitting with a laptop, 2010s, (2023). English computer scientist Berners-Lee (born 1955), also known as TimBL

AI IMAGE - Portrait of Tim Berners-Lee, 2010s, (2023). Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - Portrait of Tim Berners-Lee, 2010s, (2023). English computer scientist Berners-Lee (born 1955), also known as TimBL, is best known as the inventor of the World Wide Web

AI Image - Portrait of Benjamin Franklin, 1770s, (2023). Creator: Heritage Images
AI Image - Portrait of Benjamin Franklin, 1770s, (2023). Franklin (1706-1790) was an American polymath who was active as a writer, scientist, inventor, statesman, diplomat, printer, publisher

AI Image - Portrait of Nikola Tesla, c1900s, (2023). Creator: Heritage Images
AI Image - Portrait of Nikola Tesla, c1900s, (2023). Nikola Tesla (1856-1943) was a Serbian-American inventor, electrical engineer, mechanical engineer

AI Image - Portrait of Benjamin Franklin, 1770s, (2023). Creator: Heritage Images
AI Image - Portrait of Benjamin Franklin, 1770s, (2023). Franklin (1706-1790) was an American polymath who was active as a writer, scientist, inventor, statesman, diplomat, printer, publisher

AI IMAGE - Portrait of Alan Turing, 1940s, (2023). Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - Portrait of Alan Turing, 1940s, (2023). British mathematician, logician and code breaker Alan Turing (1912-1954) joined the Government Code and Cypher School at Bletchley Park

AI IMAGE - Portrait of Alan Turing, 1950s, (2023). Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - Portrait of Alan Turing, 1950s, (2023). British mathematician, logician and code breaker Alan Turing (1912-1954) joined the Government Code and Cypher School at Bletchley Park

AI IMAGE - Portrait of Alan Turing, 1940s, (2023). Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - Portrait of Alan Turing, 1940s, (2023). British mathematician, logician and code breaker Alan Turing (1912-1954) joined the Government Code and Cypher School at Bletchley Park

AI IMAGE - Portrait of Alan Turing, 1940s, (2023). Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - Portrait of Alan Turing, 1940s, (2023). British mathematician, logician and code breaker Alan Turing (1912-1954) joined the Government Code and Cypher School at Bletchley Park

Statue of Laurens Jansz. Coster in Haarlem, 1780-1836. Creator: Johannes Jelgerhuis
Statue of Laurens Jansz. Coster in Haarlem, 1780-1836

Brunel Aboard the Aphrodita, Liverpool, c.1857. Creator: Robert Howlett
Brunel Aboard the Aphrodita, Liverpool, c.1857

Signor Marconi, c1900. Creator: Unknown
Signor Marconi, c1900. Guglielmo Giovanni Maria Marconi, Italian inventor and electrical engineer, known for his creation of a practical radio wave-based wireless telegraph system

Experiments made with Stevens's Bread-making Machine at Marylebone Workhouse, 1858. Creator: Unknown
Experiments made with Stevens's Bread-making Machine at Marylebone Workhouse, 1858. Mr. Stevens, the inventor of the A B C bread-making machine, is a practical baker

James Watt, 1860. Creator: Unknown
James Watt, 1860. One of six...Sculptures of Philosophers of all ages which decorate the central court of the Oxford University Museum These statues...have been executed by A

Christopher Polhem, 1661-1751, late 17th-early 18th century. Creator: David von Krafft
Christopher Polhem, 1661-1751, late 17th-early 18th century

AI IMAGE - Alan Turing at Bletchley, 1940s, (2023). Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - Alan Turing at Bletchley, 1940s, (2023). British mathematician, logician and code breaker Alan Turing (1912-1954) joined the Government Code and Cypher School at Bletchley Park

Johannes Gutenberg, 1839. Creator: Pierre-Jean David d'Angers
Johannes Gutenberg, 1839

Portrait of Senefelder, 1818. Creator: Lorenzo Quaglio II
Portrait of Senefelder, 1818

Scene from the New Play of "The First Printer", at the Princess Theatre, 1856. Creator: Unknown
Scene from the New Play of "The First Printer", at the Princess Theatre, 1856. London stage production:..the second act...the two principal characters - the hero

Archimède riant des efforts... 19th century. Creator: Honore Daumier
Archimede riant des efforts... 19th century. Archimedes laughing at the efforts

Theremin, Mr. portrait photograph, 1928 May 3. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Theremin, Mr. portrait photograph, 1928 May 3

Theremin, Mr. portrait photograph, 1928 May 3. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Theremin, Mr. portrait photograph, 1928 May 3

Thomas A. Edison, 1916. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Thomas A. Edison, 1916. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Thomas A. Edison, 1916. US inventor

Robert Crosser, Rep. from Ohio, Right, with T.K. Giragossian, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Robert Crosser, Rep
Robert Crosser, Rep. from Ohio, Right, with T.K. Giragossian, 1917. Rep. 1913-1923. Armenian inventor Garabed T. K. Giragossian claimed he had developed a perpetual motion device

T.K. Giragossian, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. T.K. Giragossian, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing
T.K. Giragossian, 1917. Armenian inventor Garabed T. K. Giragossian claimed he had developed a perpetual motion device. The machine, named Garabed

Italian Commission To U.S. - Marconi Leaving Car, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Italian Commission To U.S
Italian Commission To U.S. - [Guglielmo] Marconi Leaving Car, 1917. During the First World War, Marconi was in charge of the Italian military's radio service

Italian Commission To U.S. - Marconi Leaving Boat, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Italian Commission To U.S
Italian Commission To U.S. - [Guglielmo] Marconi Leaving Boat, 1917. During the First World War, Marconi was in charge of the Italian military's radio service

Italian Commission To U.S. - Commission at Mount Vernon. Front: Ambassador Macchi Di... 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Italian Commission To U.S. - Commission at Mount Vernon. Front: Ambassador Macchi Di Celleri [sic]; [Prince] Ferdinand; Unidentified Lady; [Guglielmo] Marconi, 1917

Edward Nash Hurley with Son, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Edward Nash Hurley with Son, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Edward Nash Hurley with Son, 1917. Businessman and inventor Edward N. Hurley with his son wearing army uniform, First World War

Edward Nash Hurley, Right, with James A. Farrell, 1914. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Edward Nash Hurley, Right, with James A. Farrell, 1914. Businessman and inventor Hurley with James Augustine Farrell Sr. president of US Steel

Edward Nash Hurley, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Edward Nash Hurley, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Edward Nash Hurley, 1917. Businessman and inventor

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