John Harrison, English clock maker, 19th century.Artist: W Holl

John Harrison, English clock maker, 19th century.Artist: W Holl

1-148-250 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

John Harrison, English clock maker, 19th century. Harrison (1693-1776) designed and built the world's first successful maritime clock, one whose accuracy was great enough to solve one of the most pressing scientific problems of the day - how to calculate longitude at sea.


Image Details


People Information

Creator
  1. W Holl, attributed to: British: Artist, engraver
After
  1. Thomas King: British: Artist
Subject
  1. John Harrison: British: Inventor, horologist

Medium
  1. Engraving

Picture Type
  1. Portrait

Category Hierarchy

Science & Nature Technology & Innovation

People Famous People

Artistic Representations Portraits

People Inventors


Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 3627x4826
File Size : 51,281kb


Aliases

  1. 0580000512
  1. 1-148-250
  1. 1148250
  1. 512

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