Joseph Harrison Jr. (September 20, 1810—March 27, 1874) was an American mechanical engineer, financier and art collector. He made a fortune building locomotives for Russia, and was decorated by Czar Nicholas I for completing the Saint Petersburg-Moscow Railway.[1]
Harrison made important innovations to locomotives and steam boilers, but may be best remembered for the art collection he amassed, that included "supreme icons of American art."[1]
- ^ a b Joseph Harrison, Jr. papers (PDF) from Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.