‘Grey and coloured objects displaced by refraction’
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 the effects of refraction on grey and coloured objects. Various diagrams arranged in a segmented octogen, including swatches of colour on white and black backgrounds surrounded by tones of grey.
Inscribed ‘III’
Plate 3 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 ‘III’
Plate 3 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.