| Description | Platinotype print from a 'Wet Collodin' negative. Photographed by W.B. Osborn, Hardwick House, Birchfield, Handsworth, Staffordshire. A note on the back of the photograph reads: 'The manufactory of Boulton & Watt. The house of the "Steam Engine" & the Birthplace of Gas Lighting'. The factory was demolished in 1853. |