Richard Arkwright
textile entrepreneur; developer of the spinning frame (known as the water frame)
English: Sir Richard Arkwright (1732–1792) was a British inventor.
Português: Sir Richard Arkwright (1732–1792) foi um inventor inglês.
Deutsch: Sir Richard Arkwright (1732–1792) war ein britischer Textilindustrieller und Erfinder.
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Joseph Wright Gallery, Derby Museum -
Painted by Joseph Wright (c. 1790) -
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On a Japanese print, dismissing his wife for having broken a spinning wheel -
His son, Richard Arkwright Junior, by Joseph Wright (1790)
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His house, Willersley Castle in Cromford, Derbyshire (2007) -
Arkwright Masson Mills in Matlock Bath, Derbyshire, now a textile museum (2006)
