Henry Fourdrinier
(1730-1799), Paper maker; father of Henry FourdrinierSitter in 1 portrait
Henry Fourdrinier senior was a wealthy papermaker and wholesale stationer. His sons Henry and Sealy spent £60,000 on perfecting a machine for making continuous paper in 1807. At a Parliamentary hearing in 1837, Marc Isambard Brunel called the machine 'one of the most splendid inventions of the age'; it enabled printing to be done at high speed on rotary presses for the first time.
attributed to John Downman
oil on copper, circa 1786
NPG 6091
Related People
- Charles Fourdrinier (son)
- Henry Fourdrinier (son)
- Jemima Fourdrinier (daughter)
- John Rawson Fourdrinier (son)
- Mary Fourdrinier (sister)
- Paul Fourdrinier (Pierre) (father)
- Sealy Fourdrinier (son)
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