Charles Tennant
(1768-1838), Manufacturing chemistRegency Portraits Catalogue Entry
Sitter in 5 portraits
Tenant was initially apprenticed to a handloom weaver in Kilbarchan in Scotland. The bleaching of cloth was an important aspect of the weaving industry; after studying bleaching methods Tennant took out a patent in 1799 to manufacture bleaching powder by passing chlorine over slaked lime. He subsequently moved to St Rollox, near Glasgow, where with his partners he established a factory to produce the powder commercially. Soda ash and other alkali products were also made, and St Rollox eventually grew into one of Europe's largest chemical works.
Men of Science Living in 1807-8
by Sir John Gilbert, and Frederick John Skill, and William Walker, and Elizabeth Walker (née Reynolds)
pencil and wash, 1858-1862
NPG 1075
Engraving after 'Men of Science Living in 1807-8'
by George Zobel, and William Walker
engraving, 1862
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Key to engraving after 'Men of Science Living in 1807-8'
by William Walker
engraving, 1862
NPG 1075b
by John George Murray, after Andrew Geddes
mezzotint, (1830s)
NPG D40516
by John George Murray, after Andrew Geddes
mezzotint, (1830s)
NPG D40517
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