Description
Watercolour, Ada Lovelace, possibly by A E Chalon (1780-1860), [c1840]. 25 x 18.3 cm. Portrait, TQL to L. looking front, in evening dress with mantilla, holding fan
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Image Licence
CC BY-NC-SA
Image Credit
Courtesy of the Science Museum
Location
Ockham Park, Surrey, England
Country
England
Medium
Watercolour
Tags
Category
People & Society
TWW Comment
Ada Lovelace was a mathematician who worked with Charles Babbage on the early computer, the Analytical Engine. She was the one to recognise its potential as a porcessing machine, and she wrote the first algorithm.
