Accession No

5336

Brief Description

engraving of W. H. Weekes, pioneer in electric lighting, by Samuel Bellin, English, 1843

Origin

England; Canterbury

Maker

Roods, Thomas [painter] Bellin, Samuel [engraver] Russell, H [publisher]

Class

prints

Earliest Date

1843

Latest Date

1843

Inscription Date

8/1843

Material

paper

Dimensions

height 410mm; breadth 330mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Purchased from Grosvenor Prints, 28-32 Shelton Street, Covent Garden, London, WC2H 9HP, England on 01/08/1998.

Inscription

‘PAINTED BY THOS. ROODS. ENGRAVED BY SAML. BELLIN.
W.H. Weekes
PUBLISHED BY H. RUSSELL, CATHEDRAL YARD, CANTERBURY, AUGT. 1843’ (bottom)
‘public
Pioneer in electric lighting’ (pencil manuscript at very bottom)

Description Notes

Black and white engraving from painting by Thomas Roods of W.H. Weekes. Behind the sitter various pieces of electrostatic apparatus are displayed on a window connected to a (?) lightning conductor.

Condition good; complete.

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