Robert Fulton portrait by Benjamin West. Owned by his grandson, Robert Fulton Ludlow, Claverack, NY. Procured for J. Eleanor Fulton by Alice Crary Sutcliffe (Mrs. Aruthur Taylor), great-granddaughter of Robert Fulton.
Chalkware/ Plaster-of-paris statue of Robert Fulton sitting in chair holding a model of a boat.
--Was on loan to the Lancaster Heritage Center - 1997
This statue is a copy of the life-sized statue of Fulton by Howard Roberts that sits in the U.S. Capitol Building.
Innovations in boat technology made shipping on rivers and canals faster and more cost-effective than traditional ground transportation. In 1807, Lancaster County native Robert Fulton buil the first steamboat, Clermont, which greatly increased the speed of boats on rivers and canals.
Photograph- Photograph of a miniature of Harriet Livingston Fulton, wife of Robert Fulton, painted by Robert Fulton. Painting may be owned by the New York Historical Society.
Photograph- Photograph of a miniature of Harriet Livingston Fulton, wife of Robert Fulton, painted by Robert Fulton. Painting may be owned by the New York Historical Society.
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Photograph of a miniature of Harriet Livingston Fulton, wife of Robert Fulton, painted by Robert Fulton. Painting may be owned by the New York Historical Society.
