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Robert Fulton: A Pioneer of Steam Navigation Born: Little Britain, Pennsylvania (November 14, 1765) Died: February 24, 1815 Nationality: American Early Life and European Pursuits Fulton's early life was marked by a fascination with mechanics and invention. At age 12, he became interested in steam engines after visiting William Henry of Lancaster, Pennsylvania. He moved to Philadelphia at the age of 14 where he worked as a portrait painter and studied engineering. In 1786, Fulton traveled to Europe, carrying letters of introduction from prominent Philadelphians. He spen…
A chart of Robert Fulton's corpus mapped not by date but by subject. Spokes are what they painted; rings are when; and the threads between stars reveal the patrons and places that secretly connect them.
Each arm of the atlas gathers works by what they depict: portraits, sacred scenes, mythologies, and the scientific studies. Click a spoke to swing that cluster to the top.
Distance from the center marks time. The innermost ring is the earliest period; the outermost, the final years. Style matures as you move outward.
Coloured lines link works bound by the same patron, commission, or theme. Trace a context to watch related clusters light up across subjects.
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