Ada Lovelace

For the person who knows why Ada Lovelace matters.

Lovelace’s work around Charles Babbage’s Analytical Engine went beyond calculation: she recognised that a general-purpose machine could work with symbols as well as numbers. That leap of imagination is what makes her feel surprisingly modern, and why her name still belongs in conversations about computing nearly two centuries later.

This portrait gives that history a physical place on the desk or shelf. The aged bronze-effect finish keeps the piece closer to a traditional commemorative bust than tech memorabilia — a strong fit for programmers, mathematicians, engineers and anyone interested in the ideas that came before the modern computer.