This wonderful engraving is from the collection held by Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh. (A copy is also held by the McLean Museum and Art Gallery in Greenock.)
It shows a younger James Watt.
It was produced by John Le Conte (1816-1887), inspired by a painting by John Blake MacDonald (held by the Hunterian Art Gallery at the University of Glasgow).
- Find out more about Heriot-Watt’s archive here.
- Find out more about the Hunterian Art Gallery.
- Explore the McLean Museum’s archives.
You’ll find more portraits of Watt on the Watt 2019 website.
James Watt 
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