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| © National Maritime Museum, London |
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| Repro ID: B0685_3 |
| Description: A print from a portrait of Mathew Boulton (1728-1809). Boulton had been a successful businessman long before he teamed up with James Watt to promote Watt's steam engines. Boulton & Watt steam engines were used in many industries to dirve machinery, and contempories saw them as one of the key elements of the new industrial age. |
| Creator: Breda, C F von [artist]; Reynolds, Samuel William [engraver & publisher] |
| Date: c. 1805 |
| Credit line: National Maritime Museum, London | |
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