A view of the apparatus and part of the great cylinder in the Pantheon [graphic] / M.A. Rooker del. ; engrav'd by J. Basire

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Title

A view of the apparatus and part of the great cylinder in the Pantheon [graphic] / M.A. Rooker del. ; engrav'd by J. Basire

Creator

Basire, James, 1730-1802, printmaker

Contributor

Rooker, Michael Angelo, 1746-1801, artist.
Nourse, J. -1780, publisher.

Published / Created

[1778]

Publication Place

London

Publisher

J. Nourse

Abstract

"Interior of the Pantheon, Oxford Street, with Benjamin Wilson standing at left holding a torch at the end of a long conducting device, two assistants at different points in the apparatus at right."--British Museum online catalogue

"The scene probably depicts Wilson's demonstration for the King in 1777 to demonstrate his theories about lightning conductors (see G. L'E. Turner 'A Portrait of James Short, F.R.S., Attributable to Benjamin Wilson, F.R.S' Notes and Records of the Royal Society of London, Vol. 22, No. 1/2 (Sep., 1967), pp. 105-112, p.106)."--Curator's comments, British Museum online catalogue

Description

Title engraved above image.
Frontispiece to: Wilson, B. An account of experiments made at the Pantheon on the nature and use of conductors. London : Printed for J. Nourse ..., 1778.
Bound in before page 339 in volume 4 part 2 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Malcolm, J.P. Londinium redivivum, or, An antient history and modern description of London.

Provenance

Engraved bookplate of Charles E.H. Chadwick Healey in each volume; sold at his sale, Hodgson Rooms, 1942. Also with the bookplate: Harry Lawrence Bradfer Lawrence F.S.A. in volume 2. Marlborough Rare Books; May 2024.

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