"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 and "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., and 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.
Publisher:
J. Nourse
Subject (Geographic):
London (England), England, London., London, and England.
Subject (Name):
Wilson, Benjamin, 1721-1788,
Subject (Topic):
Electricity, electricity, Experiments, Scientific equipment, and Electrical apparatus
Title etched above image., Date in British Museum catalogue: ca. 1700., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Placement instructions in lower left corner of plate: P. 163, Voll. 1., and Plate from: The works of Mr. Thomas Brown, serious and comical. 5th ed. London: Printed for Sam Briscoe ..., 1719, v. 1.
Publisher:
S. Briscoe
Subject (Topic):
Alligators, Astrology, Books, Experiments, Fish, Globes, Medical procedures & techniques, and Physicians
Title derived from volume title., Frontispiece for: Essai sur l'ectricité́ des corps, Paris, 1746., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Scales & Balances; Weights & measures.
Publisher:
Chez les Frères Guérin
Subject (Topic):
Electricity, Experiments, Biomagnetism, Spectators, Scientists, and Scientific equipment
Title from item., Date derived from printmaker's date of death., Place of publication from item., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
chez Basan, rue du Foin
Subject (Name):
Hippocrates,
Subject (Topic):
Research, Alchemy, Laboratories, Furnaces, Experiments, Physicians, Skulls, Hourglasses, and Dogs
Two men sit facing each other as the one on the right pulls on a string which has been tied around a front tooth of the man on the left, his left foot bent up and braced in the patient's left hand. The doctor with a large hooked nose laughs as the other man screams in agony
Alternative Title:
Laughter and experiment
Description:
Title from item., Tim Bobbin's Human passions delineated, first published in 1773. Tim Bobbin is the pseudonym of John Collier., Plate numbered '7' published as part of a 1810 edition of Bobbin's Human passions delineated, with an engraved dedication page, a portrait of the artist, and at least 25 individual prints depicting human passions., and Not in Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Two renowned quacks demonstrate the superiority of each other's experiments and inventions. On the left, Graham, a quack, fashionable doctor and visionary, stands on the glass insulators used in his experiments with electricity and placed on top of a podium in the form of an E.O.(gaming) table, a reference to the illegal gambling he patronized at his residence. He stradles a long tube signed, "Prime conductor / Gentle restorer / Largest in the world." Behind his table stand two gigantic porters employed at his establishment, named here "Gog" and "Magog." The placard around Gog's neck, "The Temple of Health & of Hymen," is an allusion to Graham's 'celestial bed' for cure of sterility. His opponent on the right side of the image, quack, conjurer and showman Katerfelto, crouches next to a cylindrical conductor signed, "Positively Charg'd." The trident inserted in the back end of the conductor touches a grindstone turned by the devil. Electric sparks shoot from its front end and from Katerfelto's right thumb and index finger. Some sparks drip on a toy cannon in front of him firing at Graham. His podium is made of flimsy planks placed atop the container signed, "Reservoir for Dead Insects destroyd by Dr. Katterf[elto]."
Description:
Title from item., Sheet trimmed trimmed to plate mark., and Mounted to 28 x 39 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. March 17th 1783 by W. Humphrey No 227 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
Graham, James, 1745-1794. and Katerfelto, Gustavus, fl. 1782-1783.
Subject (Topic):
Electricity, Experiments, Gog and Magog, Quacks, Devil, Medicines, Gambling, and Wigs
Title from item., Date derived from printmaker's date of death., Place of publication derived from publisher's street address., Date of original painting: 1896., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
M. Barbot, Edit, Louis Durville, Succ, 60 Rue Madame and Imp. R. Engelmann, (Atelier Belfond), Paris
Subject (Name):
Chéron, Jules, 1839-1900,
Subject (Topic):
Injections, Neurasthenia, Sick persons, Physicians, Nurses, Experiments, Scientific equipment, Microscopes, Laboratories, Medical equipment & supplies, Hypodermic syringes, and Stoves
Title supplied by curator., Date derived from printmaker's date of death., Place of publication derived from publisher's know place of business., Print depicts Dr. Jenner, James Phipps (the 8-year-old son of his gardener), and Sarah Nelmes, a milkmaid who had cowpox., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
Photogravure Goupil & Co.
Subject (Name):
Jenner, Edward, 1749-1823,
Subject (Topic):
Smallpox, Vaccination, Physicians, Experiments, Boys, Yokes, and Spectators
