A studio photograph of a carved relief portrait of the head and shoulders of a man wearing nineteenth century clothing

Date:: 1850 - 1930

Location:: Penzance, Alverton, Cornwall

Reference:: RBO01/09/OP04824

Type:: Photograph (Print)

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Description

The reverse of this print is marked 'Alverton, near Truro', and on the front is written, almost illegibly, 'Erickson, American Engineer'. It is possible that this is a portrait of John Ericcson, the nineteenth-century Swedish-American engineer and inventor of the steam screw ship engine, but at present this cannot be confirmed. It is also unclear what the link between Ericcson and Alverton in Cornwall could be.

Content

This is part of the Series: RBO01/09 Early Photographic Print Collection: Cornwall and Isles of Scilly; within the Collection: RBO01 Early Photographic Print Collection

Rights

Source: Historic England Archive

Keywords

Sculpture