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Eli Whitney

  • ARTIST: Alonzo Chappel

  • PUBLISHER: Johnson, Fry, & Co., New York.

  • MEDIUM: Steel engraving; hand colored,

    DATE: 1867

  • EDITION SIZE: Image size 7 1/4 x 5 1/2" (185 x 140 mm).

  • DESCRIPTION: Eli Whitney (1765 - 1825) was an inventor best remembered for the cotton gin. Born in Westboro, Massachusetts, he graduated Yale as Phi Beta Kappa in 1792.

  • ADDITIONAL INFO: Black and white.

  • CONDITION: Good condition, save some soiling in the margins.

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