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James Watt in a reverie, with steam from boiling tea pot enclosing a Victorian industrial landscape and a drawing of the Watt steam engine

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection

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Wallach Division Picture Collection

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Steam

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James Watt in a reverie, with steam from boiling tea pot enclosing a Victorian industrial landscape and a drawing of the Watt steam engine

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Title
James Watt in a reverie, with steam from boiling tea pot enclosing a Victorian industrial landscape and a drawing of the Watt steam engine
Additional title: Allegory on the significance of steam power
Collection

Wallach Division Picture Collection

Steam

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1850 (Approximate)
Library locations
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Shelf locator: PC STE
Topics
Steam
Teapots
Factories -- To 1899
Dreaming
Inventions
Steam engines
Watt, James, 1736-1819
Genres
Allegorical prints
Notes
Source note: The imperial cyclopædia of machinery....Johnson, William, 1823-1864, author. Glasgow : William Mackenzie, 1852?
Physical Description
Wood engravings
Extent: 8 x 5.5 cm
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
Barcode: 33333175544861
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 4111ec10-c564-012f-dc55-58d385a7bc34
Rights Statement
The copyright and related rights status of this item has been reviewed by The New York Public Library, but we were unable to make a conclusive determination as to the copyright status of the item. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.

Item timeline of events

  • 1850: Issued
  • 2015: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "James Watt in a reverie, with steam from boiling tea pot enclosing a Victorian industrial landscape and a drawing of the Watt steam engine" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1850. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b88b9e40-dc53-df04-e040-e00a1806777c

Chicago/Turabian Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "James Watt in a reverie, with steam from boiling tea pot enclosing a Victorian industrial landscape and a drawing of the Watt steam engine" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 25, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b88b9e40-dc53-df04-e040-e00a1806777c

APA Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1850). James Watt in a reverie, with steam from boiling tea pot enclosing a Victorian industrial landscape and a drawing of the Watt steam engine Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b88b9e40-dc53-df04-e040-e00a1806777c

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James Watt in a reverie, with steam from boiling tea pot enclosing a Victorian industrial landscape and a drawing of the Watt steam engine