[Sir Richard Arkwright inventor of the spinning machine] – Historic Reproduction
![[Sir Richard Arkwright inventor of the spinning machine], 1850 — historic print](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/e2/e2f122b59a87-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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[Sir Richard Arkwright inventor of the spinning machine] comes to life in this historic print, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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[Sir Richard Arkwright inventor of the spinning machine]
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This color woodcut presents Sir Richard Arkwright (1732-1792), the English inventor, as its subject, a striking choice for a Japanese print. Arkwright's water frame, patented in 1769 and put to use at his Cromford mill in 1771, helped turn spinning into a factory process and became a foundation of Britain's Industrial Revolution. The record lists 1850 as the date, but the three artists named worked largely in the later nineteenth century, when Japan was opening to Western ideas and its printmakers often turned to foreign subjects and new machinery. The date may therefore be approximate, and the print is worth viewing as a window on that moment of cultural exchange.
| Created / published | 1850 |
|---|---|
| Creator | Toyohara Kunichika 1835-1900 artist.Utagawa Kuniaki 1835-1888 artist.Utagawa Toyokuni 1786-1865 artist. |
| Medium | 1 print on hōsho paper : woodcut color ; 33 x 23 cm. (block) 36.2 x 25 cm. (sheet) |
| Notes | Title devised by Library staff. Annotations stamps etc. on verso of print: 42; 47623a (white label); LC2585; 164. Earlier control number: 236.3-12. Gift; Mrs. E. Crane Chadbourne; 1930; (DLC/PP-1930:47623a). Forms part of: Chadbourne collection of Japanese prints (Library of Congress). |
| Subjects | Arkwright Richard Sir 1732-1792. Inventors--1850-1900. Spinning apparatus--1850-1900. Anger--1850-1900. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,076 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-JFP-227238 |
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