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| Keywords: James nasmyth.jpg en James Nasmyth 1808 - 1890 Inventor of the steam hammer This is one of a number of calotypes showing James Nasmyth the son of the painter Alexander Nasmyth and a close friend of D O Hill in a reflective mood He was an engineer and invented the steam hammer and pile driver which revolutionised industry and engineering work from the docks of Glasgow to Russia and the Nile He took a keen interest in photography as he considered it 'a delightful means of educating the eye for artistic feeling as well as educating the hands in delicate manipulation' Institution National Gallery of Scotland Creator Hill Adamson c 1844 http //www nationalgalleries org/object/PGP 20HA 20541 http //www flickr com/photos/nationalgalleries/3102962660/ PD-old Hill Adamson Images from the National Gallery of Scotland James Nasmyth Calotypes 1844 portrait photographs Male 19th-century portrait photographs of men at half length 1844 19th-century portrait photographs of men at three-quarter length 1844 | ||||
