To help celebrate the richness of the archive of the James Watt and Family Papers [MS 3219], held in Archives and Collections, Library of Birmingham, there will be a monthly blog on a Watt related subject in 2019, the bicentenary of his death.
Image: Soho House light projection
Image: View of Greenock 1768. James Watt Archive at Library of Birmingham (MS3004/6)
Bill from T.G. Gibbs, seedsman, to James Watt Jnr., 23 Feb 1807 [MS 3219/6/2/G/14]
Watercolour of Mount Eiger in Gregory Watt’s travel Journal (MS 3219-7-35)
Drawing by William Creighton for the James Watt Memorial Chapel at St Mary’s Church, Handsworth, 1824 – 1825, [FN MS 3219/6/101]
Image: Aston Hall, James Watt Archive Papers at Library of Birmingham (MS - 3219/9/5/2/39)
Image; hand coloured plate by the artist, Peter Fabris in Campi Phlegraei, Volcanoes of the 2 Sicilies vol. 1 by Sir William Hamilton, British Envoy to the Spanish Court in Naples. James Watt Archive at Library of Birmingham.
Image: Catalogue of the Library of James Watt jnr. James Watt Archive at Library of Birmingham (L78.1 WAT).
Image: Ship's figure head design. James Watt Archive at Library of Birmingham (MS 3219/3/125).
Image: Lind's electrical machine. James Watt Archive at Library of Birmingham (MS MS3219/4/56/1)
