Home›Articles›The Silk Portrait That Taught Babbage to Punch CardsArticleThe Silk Portrait That Taught Babbage to Punch CardsArticlesConnectionsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)ConnectionsArticle OnJoseph Marie Jacquard, Engineers Well-attested SourcesJoseph Marie Jacquard (Wikipedia)tier 2Wikipedia contributors, Wikimedia FoundationJacquard machine sectionQuote, Jacquard machine sectionThis portrait of Jacquard was woven in silk on a Jacquard loom and required 24,000 punched cards to create (1839). It was only produced to order. One of these portraits in the possession of Charles Babbage inspired him in using perforated cards in his Analytical Engine.View the SourceAtlas Article Vocabularytier 1AtlasComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.