Robert Boyle’s air pump
Date
mid 18th century
Creator
Unknown, Artist
After
William Faithorne (1620 - 1691, British) , Engraver
Object type
Archive reference number
Material
Dimensions
height (print): 350mm
width (print): 280 mm
width (print): 280 mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Sketched depiction of the air pump designed by Robert Boyle, from an engraving of the same by William Faithorne.
Inscribed below: ‘The Air pump as invented by BOYLE from his portrait by Fairthorne about twice size of this sketch.’
Drawing from MS/648/3, Collectanea Newtoniana. A collection of prints and original artworks relating to Sir Isaac Newton, compiled and arranged by Charles Turnor, 1837.
Robert Boyle (1627–1691), Irish natural philosopher, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1663.
Inscribed below: ‘The Air pump as invented by BOYLE from his portrait by Fairthorne about twice size of this sketch.’
Drawing from MS/648/3, Collectanea Newtoniana. A collection of prints and original artworks relating to Sir Isaac Newton, compiled and arranged by Charles Turnor, 1837.
Robert Boyle (1627–1691), Irish natural philosopher, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1663.
Object history
Charles Turnor presented his Collectanea Newtoniana. Being a selection of the most authentic engraved portraits of Sir Isaac Newton Knt., and other eminent Philosophers Mathematicians and Distinguished Men … to the Royal Society in 1837.
Related fellows
Isaac Newton (1642 - 1727, British) , Natural philosopher
Charles Turnor (1768 - 1853) , Collector
Robert Boyle (1627 - 1691, British) , Natural philosopher
Charles Turnor (1768 - 1853) , Collector
Robert Boyle (1627 - 1691, British) , Natural philosopher
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