John Ericsson, Swedish-born American engineer and inventor Finish:Rolled From 'The Illustrated London News'

From 'The Illustrated London News'

delivering his song in Act IV

'Scene From The American Tempest'

Commemorating Joan of Arc at the Church of St Augustin

and referring to a suit for dower of Monna Cassandra

John Ericsson, Swedish-born American engineer and inventor Finish:Rolled From 'The Illustrated London News'John 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.