John Ericsson, Swedish-born American engineer and inventor Finish:Rolled Fantastical airship with a rudder

Fantastical airship with a rudder and a complicated system of rope-activated wings

From 'The Illustrated London News'

delivering his song in Act IV

St Bernard

The animal is shown in a forest environment

John Ericsson, Swedish-born American engineer and inventor Finish:Rolled Fantastical airship with a rudderJohn Ericsson, Swedish born American engineer and inventor, (c1880). On moving to the USA in 1839, Ericsson designed many warships including the 'Monitor' (1861), the first warship with an armoured turret, and 'The Destroyer' (1878), which could launch submarine torpedoes. A print from Cassell's History of the United States, by Edmund Ollier, Volume III, Cassell Petter and Galpin, London, c1880.