Alfred Krupp, 19th century German metallurgist and industrialist Size:S: 36 x 28cm edited by HD Traill and

edited by HD Traill and JS Mann

it was sometimes referred to as 'Tradescant's Ark'

possibly by Henry's order

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Alfred Krupp, 19th century German metallurgist and industrialist Size:S: 36 x 28cm edited by HD Traill andAlfred Krupp, 19th century German metallurgist and industrialist, (1900). In 1826, aged only 14, Alfred Krupp (1812 1887) took over the steel making factory founded by his father Friedrich. He made a fortune supplying steel rails to the expanding German railway network and cannon to the army. At the time of the Franco Prussian War, Krupp's company was known as the Arsenal of the Reich and by the time of Alfred's death the firm employed some 40,000