Engraving of a demonstration to compare lightning conductor designs
- Made:
- 1778-1780
- engraver:
- James Basire
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LicenseEngraving: A View of the Apparatus and part of the Great Cylinder in the Pantheon. M.A. Rooker del. ; Engrav'd by J.
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Engraving. A View of the Apparatus and part of the Great Cylinder in the Pantheon. M.A. Rooker del. ; Engrav'd by J. Basire. n.d. [1778-1780?]. Platemark 19.7x25cm on sheet 25.7x31.5cm. Scene of Benjamin Wilson's cylinder electrostatic generator with huge [lightning] conductors. In frame 37x41x1.5cm
Details
- Category:
- Art
- Object Number:
- 1986-1599
- Materials:
- paper (fibre product) and printing ink
- Measurements:
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overall (print / image area ): 257 mm x 315 mm
- type:
- taxonomy:
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- visual and verbal communication
- credit:
- Grosvenor Prints
