‘Effects of black and white objects on the eye’
Date
1810
Creator
Unknown, Engraver
Object type
Library reference
40467
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 237mm
width (print): 190mm
width (print): 190mm
Subject
Description
Optical scheme for experiments with a prism to observe fringe or boundary colours. Various monochrome diagrams arranged in a segmented octogen, including white shapes against black back grounds and vice versa, a candle, black and white stripes, checkered patterns and squiggles.
Inscribed ‘IIa’
Plate 2 to Zur Farbenlehre (Theory of colours) by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (Tubingen, 1810).
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) was a German poet, novelist and scientist.
Inscribed ‘IIa’
Plate 2 to Zur Farbenlehre (Theory of colours) by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (Tubingen, 1810).
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) was a German poet, novelist and scientist.