Robert Fulton
notes: label: Description
content: The “R. Fulton” inscription identifies this bust as that of Robert Fulton (1765-1815), the American engineer remembered for having developed a commercially successful steamboat. It may be the piece that the Smithsonian received from the National Institute, and that was mentioned in the <i>Visitors Guide to the Smithsonian Institution and the National Museum</i> (Washington, D.C., 1880), p. 95.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: ZZ.RSN79561Z33
objectType: label: Object Name
content: bust, sculpture
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 25 1/2 in x 17 in x 9 in; 64.77 cm x 43.18 cm x 22.86 cm