Sujet

Electricity: condenser jars, an electro-static generator, and a vase with flowers, (18--?). Creator: Paul Lelong.

Légende

Electricity: condenser jars, an electro-static generator, and a vase with flowers, (18--?). The painter, whoever he or she was, was probably working in the 19th century, but has inherited several features of the 17th-century monochrome masters, such as Pieter Claesz of Haarlem (1597-1660): such features include the crack in the stone ledge, which serves both as a sign of transience and a test of verisimilitude. But instead of flowers, lemons, butterflies and dewdrops, the painter has introduced a different mystery of the creation: electricity. On the right is a hand-powered electrostatic generator which sends electricity to a Leyden jar in the foreground and sets off the ringing of "Franklin bells" in the red and blue jar, as the two hanging clappers are alternately attracted and repelled between the three inverted cups.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

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HRM25A38_041

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Droits gérés

Format disponible

51,9Mo (2,7Mo) / 42,0cm x 31,0cm / 4960 x 3659 (300dpi)

Mots clés

nature unusual flower flowers plant plants science electricity color bell bells chain experiment century jar jars charity concept physics vase laboratory equipment Homeware Colour 19th century nineteenth century charitable institution condenser Leyden jar electrostatic generator gouache still life container Heritage Art 19th-century research centre condensers Wellcome Collection Wellcome Research Institute Wellcome Trust Paul Lelong Lelong Paul