Musical harmony and colours
Date
1893
Creator
John Denis Macdonald (1826 - 1908) , Naval medical officer
Object type
Archive reference number
Material
Dimensions
height (page): 228mm
width (page): 180mm
width (page): 180mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Diagrams of musical scores showing the supposed relationship between colours and chords.
Figures 1 and 2 from a supplement to the manuscript paper “Analogy of sound and colour” by J D Macdonald. Not published by the Royal Society of London.
Inscribed above each figure in ink: ‘Diagram I. (Compound of Gamut)’ and ‘Diagram II Fundamental Harmonies’.
Sir John Denis Macdonald was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1859.
Figures 1 and 2 from a supplement to the manuscript paper “Analogy of sound and colour” by J D Macdonald. Not published by the Royal Society of London.
Inscribed above each figure in ink: ‘Diagram I. (Compound of Gamut)’ and ‘Diagram II Fundamental Harmonies’.
Sir John Denis Macdonald was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1859.