J. Scott RussellM.A._F.R.S._M.I.C.E. Engineer and Ship Builder.
Engraved by W. H. Mote, from a Photograph by Mayall
[n.d., c.1850]
Rare engraving and stipple, plate 185 x 120mm (7¼ x 4¼"). Some creasing and time staining with tears to edges.
A half-length seated portrait of John Scott Russell with an engineering plan on his knee. John Scott Russell (1808-1882) was a Scottish civil engineer, naval architect and shipbuilder who built Great Eastern in collaboration with Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806-1859). He made the discovery of the wave of translation that gave birth to the modern study of solitons, and developed the wave-line system of ship construction.
[Ref: 55996] £80.00
[n.d., c.1850]
Rare engraving and stipple, plate 185 x 120mm (7¼ x 4¼"). Some creasing and time staining with tears to edges.
A half-length seated portrait of John Scott Russell with an engineering plan on his knee. John Scott Russell (1808-1882) was a Scottish civil engineer, naval architect and shipbuilder who built Great Eastern in collaboration with Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806-1859). He made the discovery of the wave of translation that gave birth to the modern study of solitons, and developed the wave-line system of ship construction.
[Ref: 55996] £80.00