Portraits, likenesses and memorials

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St Martin’s Place, London, WC2H 0HE

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James Watt

by Carl Fredrik von Breda
oil on canvas

1792

Primary Collection

NPG 186a

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James Watt

by Henry Howard
oil on bevelled mahogany panel

circa 1797
Primary Collection
NPG 663

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James Watt

by Peter Rouw
wax medallion

1802
Primary Collection
NPG 183

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James Watt

by Sir Francis Leggatt Chantrey
pencil

circa 1814
Primary Collection
NPG 316a(191)

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Men of Science Living in 1807-8

by Sir John Gilbert, and Frederick John Skill, and William Walker and Elizabeth Walker (née Reynolds)
pencil and wash

1858-1862
Purchased 1896
Primary Collection
NPG 1075

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Key to engraving after ‘Men of Science Living in 1807-8’

by George Zobel and William Walker
engraving

1862
Primary Collection
NPG 1075a

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James Watt

by Alexander Wilson after Unknown sculptor
albumen carte-de-visite

1860s
Photographs Collection
NPG Ax138002

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James Watt

by Samuel William Reynolds after Carl Fredrik von Breda
mezzotint

published 1796
Reference Collection
NPG D4696

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James Watt

by Henry Bone after Sir William Beechey
pencil drawing squared in ink for transfer

1803
Reference Collection
NPG D17511

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James Watt

by Charles Picart published by T. Cadell & W. Davies after William Evans after Sir William Beechey
stipple engraving

published 1809
Reference Collection
NPG D37897

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James Watt

by Charles Picart after Sir William Beechey
stipple engraving

published 1809
Reference Collection
NPG D8374

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James Watt

by Charles Turner after Sir Thomas Lawrence
mezzotint

published 1815
Reference Collection
NPG D18005

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James Watt

by J. Pass, after Auguste Hervieu
line engraving

1828
Reference Collection
NPG D4697

National Galleries Scotland

Scottish National Portrait Gallery, 1 Queen Street, Edinburgh, EH2 1JD

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James Watt and the Steam Engine: the Dawn of the Nineteenth Century

by James Eckford Lauder
James Watt and the Steam Engine: The Dawn of the Nineteenth Century
Scottish National Gallery
1855
NG 2435

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James Watt

by John Partridge after Sir William Beechey
James Watt, 1736 - 1819. Engineer, inventor of the steam engine
Scottish National Portrait Gallery
1806
PG 2612

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James Watt, 1736 - 1819

by John Henning
James Watt, 1736 - 1819. Engineer, inventor of the steam engine
Scottish National Portrait Gallery
1809

Presented by Miss M. Campbell 1891
PG 294

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McLean Museum and Art Gallery

15 Kelly Street, Greenock, Inverclyde, PA16 8JX

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James Watt (1736 - 1819)

by an unknown copyist after an original by Sir Francis Legatt Chantrey (1781-1841)
1838
1978.237

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James Watt (1736 - 1819)

by Sir Francis Legatt Chantrey.
1838
1978.268

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James Watt (1736 - 1819)

by John Partridge (1790 Glasgow - 1870 London) after a painting by Sir William Beechey (1753 Burford, Oxfordshire - 1839 London).
Unsigned.
Exhibited at the Royal Academy Exhibition in 1802.

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James Watt (1736 - 1819)

William Nicholson (1781 Ovingham-on-Tyne - 1844 Edinburgh).
1819
1997.53

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James Watt (1736 - 1819)

by W. & A.K. Johnston after the etching by William Nicholson.
Engraving on paper.
2013.10

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James Watt (1736 - 1819)

by Charles Eden Wagstaff after the portrait by Sir William Beechey.
Stipple engraving on paper.
1845
2013.11

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James Watt (1736 - 1819)

by an unknown artist.
Watercolour painting on board
1978.230

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James Watt (1736 - 1816)

by Robert Harvey
Oil painting on canvas
Unsigned
1977.862

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James Watt (1736 - 1819)

by John Leconte (1816 Edinburgh - 1887) after a painting by John Blake MacDonald (1829 Bonham, Morayshire - 1901 Edinburgh)
Engraving on paper
1858
1977.964

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