James Watt Collection

The Vigil, c1884, (1938). Artist: John Pettie
The Vigil, c1884. The Vigil of Arms was one of the religious exercises, which in the Middle Ages preceded the conferment of knighthood

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

Birmingham, Boulton, Watt, Mudoch, B ham, 2009. Creator: Ethel Davies
Bronze statue of Boulton, Watt and Murdoch, ‘ the Golden Boys, gilded in gold, to commemorate their development of the steam engine, Broad Street, central Birmingham, West Midlands, England

Portrait of James Watt (1736-1819), 1813. Creator: Thomas Lawrence
Portrait of James Watt (1736-1819), 1813. British engineer, instrument-maker, inventor of the steam engine.

Handsworth Church, Birmingham, the burial-place of James Watt, 1865. Creator: Unknown
Handsworth Church, Birmingham, the burial-place of James Watt, 1865. The tomb of James Watt, adorned by Chantrey's noble statue

Heathfield House, near Birmingham, the residence of James Watt, 1865. Creator: Unknown
Heathfield House, near Birmingham, the residence of James Watt, 1865. View of...the last residence of James Watt, Heathfield House, where he died, in 1819...the tower of his burial-place

J. Watt, (1736-1819), 1830. Creator: Unknown
J. Watt, (1736-1819), 1830. James Watt (1736-1819) Scottish inventor, mechanical engineer, and chemist, home educated. He improved the Newcomen steam engine

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

The workshop of James Watt at Heathfield, near Birmingham, as it was at his death in 1818, 1886. Creator: Unknown
The workshop of James Watt at Heathfield, near Birmingham, as it was at his death in 1818, 1886. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper Volume 33. January to June, 1886"

Portrait of James Watt (1736-1819), 1813. Creator: Lawrence, Sir Thomas (1769-1830)
Portrait of James Watt (1736-1819), 1813. Found in the collection of the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery

Portrait Of Elizabeth Stockdale Wilkinson (1799-71), 1853. Creator: Reuben T W Sayers
Portrait Of Elizabeth Stockdale Wilkinson (1799-71), 1853

Portrait of James Watt (1736-1819), 1810. Creator: Sir William Beechey
Portrait of James Watt (1736-1819), 1810

James Watts Work Room, Heathfield Hall, 19th century. Creator: Jonathon Pratt
James Watts Work Room, Heathfield Hall, 19th century. Heathfield Hall, sometimes referred to as Heathfield House, was was erected between 1787-90 for the celebrated engineer and inventor, James Watt

Lives of Great People of the Occident (Taisei ijin den): James Watt (1736-1819), ca. 1870

James Watt, printers sample for the Worlds Inventors souvenir album (A25) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes, 1888

Central Door, South Kensington Museum, c1860s, (1881). Creator: Unknown
Central Door, South Kensington Museum, c1860s, (1881). Original bronze front entrance doors to the South Kensington Museum, (later renamed the Victoria & Albert Museum), in London

James Watts Steam Engine at Work, c1934. Illustration showing James Watts (1736-1819) revolutionary invention with explanatory diagram of its functioning

Watching the Boiling Kettle, c1907. From My Book of True Stories. [Blackie and Son Limited, London]

James Watt (1736-1819), c1800, (1912). Artist: Sir William Beechey
James Watt (1736-1819), c1800, (1912). James Watt (1736-1819) a Scottish inventor, mechanical engineer, and chemist. Watt invented the Watt steam engine

Watt Discovering Condensation of Steam, c1884, (1917). Artist: Marcus Stone
Watt Discovering Condensation of Steam, c1884, (1917). James Watt (1736-1819) an inventor, mechanical engineer, and chemist whose Watt steam engine rapidly increased the rate of the industrial

Watts wagon-boiler, 1866. This type of boiler was invented by James Watt in 1785. A print from Cyclopaedia of Useful Arts, Mechanical and Chemical, Manufactures, Mining, and Engineering

The working parts of James Watts double acting engine, 1866. Watt patented the double-acting steam engine, in which the piston pulls as well as pushes, in 1782

James Watt, Scottish inventor and engineer, (1870). Artist: William Holl
James Watt, Scottish inventor and engineer, (1870). Watts (1736-1819) improvements to the steam engine were fundamental to the changes wrought by the Industrial Revolution

James Watt, Scottish inventor and engineer, 19th century. Artist: CE Wagstaff
James Watt, Scottish inventor and engineer, 19th century. Watts (1736-1819) improvements to the steam engine were fundamental to the changes wrought by the Industrial Revolution

James Watt, Scottish engineer, (1833). Artist: CE Wagstaff
James Watt, Scottish engineer, (1833). Watts (1736-1819) improvements to the steam engine were fundamental to the changes wrought by the Industrial Revolution

Fire in London, 1808. Artist: Thomas Rowlandson
Fire in London, 1808. Albion Mills, on the south side of Blackfriars Bridge, London, burning, on 3 March 1791, after the mills were set alight by arsonists

Henry Bells steam boat Comet of 1811, (1856). The Comet, 40ft long (12.19m), powered by a 3hp Boulton & Watt engine, was the first successful steam boat in Europe

Watts First Experiment, 18th century, (c1870). Artist: Herbert Bourne
Watts First Experiment, 18th century, (c1870). James Watt (1736-1819) Scottish engineer, as a boy experimenting with the tea-kettle at the dining table of his childhood home at Greenock

The Tale of a Tea-kettle, 1844. Artist: Ebenezer Landells
The Tale of a Tea-kettle, 1844. James Watt as a boy watching the kettle boiling in the fire. Watt (1736-1819), Scottish engineer and inventor, was born at Greenock on the Clyde, Scotland

James Watts workshop at Heathfield Hall, Birmingham, 1886. It had not been disturbed since his death in 1819. Watt (1736-1819), Scottish engineer and inventor, was born at Greenock on the Clyde

James Watt, Scottish engineer and inventor, 1881. Watt (1736-1819) was born at Greenock on the Clyde, Scotland, and showed an interest in engineering and invention from an early age

James Watt, Scottish engineer and inventor, 1870. Watt (1736-1819) was born at Greenock on the Clyde, Scotland, and showed an interest in engineering and invention from an early age

James Watt, Scottish engineer and inventor, 1876. Watt (1736-1819) was born at Greenock on the Clyde, Scotland, and showed an interest in engineering and invention from an early age

Birthplace of James Watt shortly before it was demolished, 1887. Watt (1736-1819), Scottish engineer and inventor, was born at Greenock on the Clyde, Scotland

Joseph Black visiting James Watt in his Glasgow workshop, c1760 (c1879). Artists impression of Joseph Black (1729-1799), Scottish chemist, visiting James Watt (1736-1819)

James Watts prototype steam engine Old Bess, c1778. Scottish engineer and inventor Watt (1736-1819) formed a successful partnership with the entrepreneur Matthew Boulton in 1775

Steam engine by James Watt, 1915. Watt (1736-1819), Scottish engineer and inventor, greatly improved the efficiency of the steam engine by inventing the separate condenser

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

James Watt as a young man, c1769. Artist: James Scott
James Watt as a young man, c1769. Watt was a Scottish engineer and instrument maker who invented the modern steam engine which became the main source of power in Britains textile mills

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)

James Watt, Scottish engineer. James Watt (1736-1819) was the son of a Scottish shipbuilder and showed an interest in invention at an early age

Model of a Newcomen steam engine, 1856. It was while repairing this engine that James Watt (1736-1819) is said to have invented the separate condenser

James Watt, Scottish engineer, 19th century. Artist: Robert G Bell
James Watt, Scottish engineer. James Watt (1736-1819) was the son of a Scottish shipbuilder and showed an interest in invention at an early age

Trade Union Scroll, 1851. Amalgamated Society of Engineers, Machinists, Millwrights, Smiths and Pattern-Makers scroll which would be presented to members

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