Robert Fulton / painted by B. West, P.R.A. ; engd. by G. Parker. – Historic Print
![Robert Fulton / painted by B. West, P.R.A. ; engd. by G. Parker., [between 1834 and 1868] — antique engraving](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/54/54a03b4cbcb0-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Step back in time with Robert Fulton / painted by B. West, P.R.A. ; engd. by G. Parker., an antique engraving rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Robert Fulton / painted by B. West, P.R.A. ; engd. by G. Parker.
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Robert Fulton, the engineer behind the steamboat Clermont, appears here in an engraving by G. Parker after a painting by Benjamin West, whose plate credit gives his title as P.R.A., President of the Royal Academy. Fulton's Clermont made its run up the Hudson River in 1807, a voyage that helped show that steam navigation could work commercially. The print dates from decades after Fulton's death in 1815, when he was remembered largely as an inventor. Note how the engraver turns West's painted surfaces into lines and tone, the usual way such portraits reached a wide public.
| Created / published | [between 1834 and 1868] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : engraving. |
| Genre | Portrait paintings 1810-1820 Reproductions.Portrait prints 1830-1870.Engravings 1830-1870. |
| Subjects | Fulton, Robert,--1765-1815. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,280 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-183491 |
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