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John Loudon McAdam (1756-1836). Scottish civil engineer and road-builder. He invented a road surface using a technique of draining and laying down roads made of succesive layers of small broken stones, which were compacted by traffic. In the background of the painting workmen laying down a road. Anonymous portrait. Oil on canvas, c. 1830. National Portrait Gallery. London, England, United Kingdom.
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Caption:
John Loudon McAdam (1756-1836). Scottish civil engineer and road-builder. He invented a road surface using a technique of draining and laying down roads made of succesive layers of small broken stones, which were compacted by traffic. In the background of the painting workmen laying down a road. Anonymous portrait. Oil on canvas, c. 1830. National Portrait Gallery. London, England, United Kingdom.
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Album / Prisma
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Image size:
4305 x 5543 px | 68.3 MB
Print size:
36.4 x 46.9 cm | 14.3 x 18.5 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
1830 • 19TH CENTURY • 19TH • ANONYMOUS • ARTFORM • BRISTOL • BRITISH • BUILDING • CADRE • CHARACTER • CHARACTERS • CHIMNEY • CIRCU • CIRCULATION • CITY OF LONDON • CIVIL ENGINEERING • COMMUNICATION ROUTES • COMMUNICATIONS • CONSTRUCTING ROADS • CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL • CONSTRUCTION SYSTEM • CONSTRUCTION • CONSTRUCTIONS • CONSTRUCTOR • CONTEMPORARY AGE • DESIGN • DEVELOPMENT • ENGINEER • ENGINEERING • ENGLAND'S • ENGLAND • ENGLAND, HISTORY • ENGLISH • EUROPA • EUROPE • EUROPEA • EUROPEAN • EXTERIOR • EXTERNAL • FIGURE • FIGURES • FIGURINE • GREAT BRITAIN • HIGHWAY • HISTORIA UNIVERSAL • HISTORIA • HISTORY ENGLAND • HISTORY OF ENGLAND • HISTORY • HISTORY, ENGLAND • IMAGES • IN PAINTINGS • INGLES • INTERIORS: IN PAINTINGS • JOHN LOUDON MCADAM • LONDON • LONDON. • MACADAM ROAD SURFACE • MACADAM • MALE • MAN • MASCULINE • MC ADAM • MCADAM • MEN • METHOD • NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY • OIL ON CANVAS • OUTER • PAINT • PAINTER • PAINTING (ACTIVITY) • PAINTING • PAINTINGS • PATHWAY • PERSONAJE • PERSONALITY • PICTURE • PICTURES • PIECE • PORTRAIT • POTRAIT • ROAD BUILDING • ROAD CONSTRUCTION • ROAD SURFACE • ROAD • ROAD-BUILDER • ROADS • RUA • SCOTLAND UNITED KINGDOM • SCOTLAND • SCOTTISH • SEATED • SIT • SITS • SITTING • STATUETTE • STREET • TECHNICAL • TECHNIQUE • TECHNOLOGY • TEHNOLOGY • TRAFFIC • TRAIL • UNITED KINGDOM • UNKNOWN ARTIST • VIA • WAY • WORKMEN • XIX CENTURY
