M0000137: Antoine Lavoisier explaining to his wife the result of his experiment

Date:
19 July 1929
Reference:
WT/D/1/20/1/3/12
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M0000137: Antoine Lavoisier explaining to his wife the result of his experiment. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). Source: Wellcome Collection.

About this work

Also known as

Previous title, replaced May 2020: Lavoisier explaining to his wife the result of his experimen

Description

Oil painting by Ernest Board depicting Antoine Lavoisier (1743-1794), chemist, explaining to his wife the result of his experiments on air. The painting is possibly one of several commissioned by Henry S. Wellcome for the Wellcome Gallery of Portraits in 1912. Related images: V0018151.

Publication/Creation

19 July 1929

Physical description

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Related material

Wellcome Collection holds the item depicted in the glass plate negative: 45915i

Notes

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2020.

Terms of use

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.

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