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This image is released under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 Licence
This image is released under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 Licence
This image is released under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 Licence
This image is released under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 Licence
This image is released under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 Licence
Group shot of four-part plaster split mould, face and front of neck of James Watt, by James Watt, Birmingham, England,
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Low-resolution trial version of portrait bust of James Watt reconstructed from plaster mould c.1807 found in Watt's
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Low-resolution trial version of portrait bust of James Watt reconstructed from plaster mould c.1807 found in Watt's
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Low-resolution trial version of portrait bust of James Watt reconstructed from plaster mould c.1807 found in Watt's
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Low-resolution trial version of portrait bust of James Watt reconstructed from plaster mould c.1807 found in Watt's
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Low-resolution trial version of portrait bust of James Watt reconstructed from plaster mould c.1807 found in Watt's
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Low-resolution trial version of portrait bust and face of James Watt reconstructed from plaster mould c.1807 found in
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Portrait bust of James Watt, reconstructed from plaster mould found in Watt's Workshop c.1807, manufactured by the UCL Digital Manufacturing Centre, 2010.
When preparing James Watt's workshop for relocation, curators examined several plaster moulds. Among representations of animals and mythological gods, they found this one which they thought might be a bust of Watt himself.
Laser scanning and computer analysis by the 3D Imaging Research Centre at University College, London, allowed the bust to be recreated for the first time in more than 200 years.
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Science Museum: Energy Hall: James Watt and our World
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- Category:
- Hand and Machine Tools
- Object Number:
- 2011-14
- type:
- portrait bust
- credit:
- Manufactured by the UCL Digital Manufacturing Centre
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