John Bennett Lawes, English agriculturalist, 1882. Artist: Edward Linley Sambourne
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John Bennett Lawes, English agriculturalist, 1882. Lawes (1814-1900) began experimental farming on his estate at Rothamstead, Hertfordshire. In 1843 he founded the now famous Rothamsted Experimental Research Station. He used artificial fertilisers and in 1842 built a factory at Deptford to manufacture 'super-phosphates'. This cartoon shows Lawes in 1882 when Queen Victoria created him a Baron. From the Fancy Portraits series published in Punch. (London, 10 June 1882).
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Creator
- Edward Linley Sambourne: British: Artist, cartoonist, illustrator
Subject
- Sir John Lawes: British: Scientific agriculturalist
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Trade & Industry Agriculture & Fishing
Artistic Representations Portraits
Artistic Representations Caricatures
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Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 3466x5037
File Size : 51,148kb
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- 9035
- 0460001184
- 1-158-605
- 1158605
- 1184
- 9035
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