Optical diagrams
Date
1810
Creator
Unknown, Engraver
Object type
Library reference
40467
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 237mm
width (print): 190mm
width (print): 190mm
Subject
Description
Two tables of colour swatches from Goethe’s optical experiments.
Inscribed ‘X. NATUR. Allgemeine Litternatur Zeitung, Jena 1792. No. 31. NATUR. Wünsch.
Plate 10 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 ‘X. NATUR. Allgemeine Litternatur Zeitung, Jena 1792. No. 31. NATUR. Wünsch.
Plate 10 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.