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Description: | s. b. r. "CHANTREY, sc. 1825"; inscr. base "THIS STATUE OF / JAMES WATT / FELLOW OF THE ROYAL SOCIETIES / OF LONDON AND EDINBURGH / AND MEMBER OF THE INSTITUTE OF FRANCE / IS PRESENTED BY HIS SON / TO THE UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW / IN GRATITUDE FOR THE ENCOURAGEMENT / AFFORDED BY ITS PROFESSORS / TO THE SCIENTIFIC PURSUITS / OF HIS FATHERS EARLY LIFE" CRE CHANTREY, Francis Legatt, Sir; (English; 1781-1842) When James Watt arrived in Glasgow in 1754, Professor Dick took an immediate interest in him. On the Professor's advise, Watt went to London to learn the art of mathematical instrument-making. Armed with a letter of introduction from Dick, he was also able to find employement there. Upon Watt's return to Glasgow in 1756, Professor Dick went on supporting his work, and helped him to get an appoitment as mathematical instrument-maker to the University as well as a room within the University to conduct his research. | License: | http://www.hmag.gla.ac.uk/spirit/rights/ | Publisher: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Rights holder: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Subjects: | PORTRAIT : MALE : S CULPTURE : SCIENTIST : MUSEUM : | Source: | Hunterian Museum | Creator: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Identifier: | http://www.huntsearch.gla.ac.uk/cgi-bin/... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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