Watt's First Experiment

• Engraved by Herbert Bourne, British. After Marcus Stone
• Image: 7.25 x 9.5 in.
  Engraving on wove paper
• Not on display
• Gift of Fisher Scientific International
• Fisher Collection
• FA 2000.001.172
• No known copyright restrictions

Description

A young James Watt (1736–1819) seated at a table with his parents as he plays with a spoon upon the spout of a kettle.

Inscription

From the Picture in the Possession of George Virtue, Esq. Oatlands Park.