Charles Babbage. Wood engraving after T.D. Scott, 1871. Babbage built the first programmable computer.

Charles Babbage designed and built the first computer in the 1800s. This 1871 woodcut engraving was completed after his death that same year.

Charles Babbage. Wood engraving after T.D. Scott, 1871. Babbage built the first programmable computer.

About this work
Publication/Creation
1871
Physical description
1 print : wood engraving
Contributors
Scott, Thomas Dewell, 1828-1911
Publications note
R. Burgess, Portraits of doctors & scientists in the Wellcome Institute, London 1973, no. 134.4
Reference
Wellcome Library no. 658i
Creator/production credits
Bear's Scott's monogram: TS

A wood-cut engraving of Mr. Charles Babbage, the father of the computer.