Smugglers, Poachers and Wreckers in Nineteenth-Century English Painting by Christiana Payne

“…Paintings of poachers were usually didactic in tone, representing the poacher as guilty and ashamed; the smuggler, however, was depicted in a much more positive light, as a heroic ‘free trader’; while wreckers were sometimes shown as poor people exercising their right to subsistence, sometimes as relics of a savage past, before the improvements brought about by lighthouses and lifeboats. J. M. W. Turner, David Wilkie, Edwin Landseer and Charles Napier Hemy are amongst the artists discussed.…”
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Smart Manufacturing Application in Precision Manufacturing by Amr T. Sufian, Badr M. Abdullah, Oliver J. Miller

“…The value realized in gaining a competitive advantage and driving environmental sustainability from smart manufacturing in this study can serve as a case study for academics and for industry business leaders, digital champions, and digital lighthouses to support value creation and to drive and accelerate smart manufacturing applications, digital transformation initiatives, and industry 4.0 adoption across the value chain.…”
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