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Richard Arkwright (1732-1792), British industrialist and inventor. Artist: Unknown
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Title:
Richard Arkwright (1732-1792), British industrialist and inventor. Artist: Unknown
Caption:
Richard Arkwright (1732-1792), British industrialist and inventor. Arkwright was the inventor of textile manufacturing machinery which included the first practical means of mechanical spinning using rollers. The invention of the spinning machine revolutionised the production of yarn and led to rapid mechanisation of textile manufacturing throughout Britain. It also made Arkwright a very wealthy man.
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Technique/material:
engraving
Credit:
Album / Ann Ronan Picture Library/Heritage-Images
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Image size:
2923 x 3590 px | 30.0 MB
Print size:
24.7 x 30.4 cm | 9.7 x 12.0 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
18TH CENTURY • 18TH CENTURY, THE • 18TH CENTURY. • 18TH • ARKWRIGHT • B & W • B / W • B W • B&W • BLACK & WHITE • BLACK AND WHITE • BRITAIN • BRITISH • CELEBRITIES • CELEBRITY • CENTURY • CHUBBY • CLOTHES • CONCEPT • COTTON • COUNTRY • DRESS • EIGHTEENTH CENTURY • ENGLAND • ENGLISH • ENGRAVING • EVENT • EVENTS • FAMOUS PEOPLE • FAMOUS • FAT • GUY • INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION • INDUSTRIALIST • INDUSTRY • INNOVATION • INNOVATIONS • INVENTOR (MALE) • INVENTOR • JOB • JOSEPH OF DERBY • JOSEPH WRIGHT OF DERBY; WRIGHT • LOCATION • MALE • MAN • MECHANISATION • MEN • MONOCHROMATIC • MONOCHROME • OCCUPATION • PEOPLE • PLUMP • PORTAIT • PORTRAIT • POTRAIT • PROFESSION • PROGRESS • RICHARD ARKWRIGHT • RICHARD • SCIENCE • SEATED • SIR RICHARD ARKWRIGHT • SIR RICHARD • SIT DOWN • SIT • SITS • SITTING • SPINNING MACHINE • TECHNOLOGY • TEXTILE INDUSTRY • WAISTCOAT • WELL-ROUNDED FIGURE • WIG • XVIII CENTURY
