Richard Arkwright — engraving

Sir Richard Arkwright.

Richard Arkwright (1732-1792), English inventor and industrialist, born at Preston in Lancashire. Inventor in 1769 of the spinning frame (water frame). In 1771, in partnership with Jedediah Strutt, he built the first water-powered cotton mill at Cromford, Derbyshire. His innovations contributed significantly to the Industrial Revolution and he died one of the richest men in England.

Technique, Material: Steel engraving / Paper
Artist: Joseph Wright,  Engraver: Joseph John Jenkins
Date:  From "The Gallery of Portraits", Vol V, by Charles Knight, London, 1835.
Size: sheet