James Watt, inventor of the steam engine Classic, Antique Poster

Originally preserved in the Library of Congress, this print of James Watt, inventor of the steam engine Classic is now available for your home or office. The Library has preserved this image as part of its permanent historical collection.

Library of Congress record: Created Japan : Japanese Department of Education, between 1850 and 1900 Title devised by Library staff. Extensive, unidentified Japanese writing on backing sheet of paper. Annotation written in pencil on mount: James Watt 1736-1819. Typescript caption on mount: James Watt, inventor of the steam engine, collects steam from a boiling kettle while his aunt rebukes him for his nonsense. Annotations, stamps, etc. on verso of print: 186; 47623a (white label); 42; LC2585. Yokohama : prints from nineteenth-century Japan. Ann Yonemura. Washington, D.C. : Arthur M. Sackler Gallery : Smithsonian Institution Press, c1990, no. 73 (p. 171) Earlier control number: 236.3-34. Gift; Mrs. E. Crane Chadbourne; 1930;.

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