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- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [23 May 1802]
- Call Number:
- Print00727 copy 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A satire on the fashionable lectures at the Royal Institution. The audience are in a semicircle facing the lecturer's table, which is covered with apparatus. The lecturer, probably not Garnett but Thomas Young who succeeded him as Professor of Natura...
- Alternative Title:
- Experimental lecture on the powers of air
- Description:
- Title etched at top of image.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. May 23d, 1802, by H. Humphrey, St. James's Street
- Subject (Name):
- Young, Thomas, 1773-1829, Hippisley, John Cox, 1748-1825, Davy, Humphry, Sir, 1778-1829, Rumford, Benjamin, Graf von, 1753-1814, Disraeli, Isaac, 1766-1848, Stanhope, Charles Stanhope, Earl, 1753-1816, Sutherland, George Granville Leveson-Gower, Duke of, 1758-1833, Englefield, Henry, Sir, 1752-1822, Sotheby, William, 1757-1833, Pomfret, George Fermor, Earl of, 1768-1830, Denys, Peter, 1760-1816, and Royal Institution of Great Britain.
- Subject (Topic):
- Nitrous oxide, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Flatulence, Interiors, Lecture halls, Public speaking, Scientific equipment, and Bellows
- Found in:
- Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > Scientific researches! New discoveries in pneumaticks!, or, An experimental lecture on the powers of air [graphic]
3.
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [23 May 1802]
- Call Number:
- Auchincloss Gillray v. 10
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A satire on the fashionable lectures at the Royal Institution. The audience are in a semicircle facing the lecturer's table, which is covered with apparatus. The lecturer, probably not Garnett but Thomas Young who succeeded him as Professor of Natura...
- Alternative Title:
- Experimental lecture on the powers of air
- Description:
- Title etched at top of image.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. May 23d, 1802, by H. Humphrey, St. James's Street
- Subject (Name):
- Young, Thomas, 1773-1829, Hippisley, John Cox, 1748-1825, Davy, Humphry, Sir, 1778-1829, Rumford, Benjamin, Graf von, 1753-1814, Disraeli, Isaac, 1766-1848, Stanhope, Charles Stanhope, Earl, 1753-1816, Sutherland, George Granville Leveson-Gower, Duke of, 1758-1833, Englefield, Henry, Sir, 1752-1822, Sotheby, William, 1757-1833, Pomfret, George Fermor, Earl of, 1768-1830, Denys, Peter, 1760-1816, and Royal Institution of Great Britain.
- Subject (Topic):
- Nitrous oxide, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Flatulence, Interiors, Lecture halls, Public speaking, Scientific equipment, and Bellows
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Scientific researches! New discoveries in pneumaticks!, or, An experimental lecture on the powers of air [graphic]
4.
- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1 September 1809]
- Call Number:
- Quarto 646 808 M58 v.3
- Collection Title:
- V. 3 Microcosm of London.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Interior view, showing the theatre of the instutiton during a lecture; located on Blackfriars Road; with two galleries, the uppermost supported by Doric columns; light enters room from dome above."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Surry Institution
- Description:
- Title etched below image.
- Publisher:
- Pub. Septr. 1st, 1809, at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
- Subject (Geographic):
- London (England), England, and London.
- Subject (Name):
- Surry Institution (London, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Lecture halls, Interiors, Audiences, Columns, and Domes
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Surrey Institution [graphic]
5.
- Creator:
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [June 1726]
- Call Number:
- Kinnaird 73K(h) Box 110
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- In an auditorium with seats around the perimeter, a stout college dignitary holding out a piece of paper stands on the right observing a scuffle between students on the left. The only word left on the torn piece of paper is "terrae".
- Description:
- Title, publisher, and date from Paulson.
- Publisher:
- R. Francklin
- Subject (Name):
- Amhurst, N. 1697-1742. (Nicholas),
- Subject (Topic):
- Lecture halls and Fighting
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Frontispiece to Terrae-Filius] [graphic]
6.
- Creator:
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [June 1726]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 H67 800 v.1 (Oversize)
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- In an auditorium with seats around the perimeter, a stout college dignitary holding out a piece of paper stands on the right observing a scuffle between students on the left. The only word left on the torn piece of paper is "terrae".
- Description:
- Title, publisher, and date from Paulson.
- Publisher:
- R. Francklin
- Subject (Name):
- Amhurst, N. 1697-1742. (Nicholas),
- Subject (Topic):
- Lecture halls and Fighting
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Frontispiece to Terrae-Filius] [graphic]
7.
- Creator:
- Mills, Isaac, 1770-1857, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [not after 1834?]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 H67 800 v.1 (Oversize)
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- In an auditorium with seats around the perimeter, a stout college dignitary holding out a piece of paper stands on the right observing a scuffle between students on the left. The only word left on the torn piece of paper is "terrae".
- Description:
- Title from Paulson.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Amhurst, N. 1697-1742. (Nicholas),
- Subject (Topic):
- Lecture halls and Fighting
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Frontispiece to Terrae-Filius] [graphic]