James Watt, Glasgow, by Francis Chantrey (original) (raw)

James Watt (1736-1819)

Francis Chantrey

1832

Bronze on a Devonshire granite pedetal

George Square, Glasgow

• Entire monument

The great inventor and engineer James Watt began his career by making mathematical instruments in Glasgow, and later carried out surveys of the Clyde, Forth and other canals, as well as improving the Clyde estuary ports (see McKenzie 123).

Photograph and text Jacqueline Banerjee

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