Sir Henry Bessemer, inventor and engineer AstroTurf A common council man

A common council man

Original is oil on canvas 45x60

View of the flotilla on the Serpentine

His left hand is held on the armrest of his chair

20th November 1980

Sir Henry Bessemer, inventor and engineer AstroTurf A common council manSir Henry Bessemer, inventor and engineer, 1881. Bessemer (1813 1898) was a prolific inventor, but is best known for discovering the Bessemer Process for manufacturing steel, which made the cheap production of steel in bulk possible for the first time. From Men of Mark: a gallery of contemporary portraits of men distinguished in the Senate, the Church, in science, literature and art, the army, navy, law, medicine, etc. Photographed from life by Lock