Blight on a rose leaf
Date
1665
Creator
Unknown, Engraver
After
Robert Hooke (1635 - 1703, British) , Natural Philosopher
Object type
Image reference
Library reference
RCN 45230
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 90mm
width (print): 160mm
width (print): 160mm
Subject
Description
Microscopic study of blight on a rose leaf as. Presented in an oval frame, as if viewed through a circular lens microscope.
Inscribed above: 'Schem XII'
Figure 2, plate 12 from Robert Hooke’s Micrographia: or some physiological descriptions of minute bodies made by magnifying glasses with observations and inquiries thereupon (1665), the first fully-illustrated book on the topic of microscopy. In the preface Hooke asserts that he had discovered ‘a new visible World’.
Robert Hooke (1635-1703) British natural philosopher was a founding member of the Royal Society, elected in 1663. Before his career with the Royal Society, Hooke had been apprenticed to painter Peter Lely (1618-1680), where he learned to draw and paint. Though he did not engrave the images in Micrographia himself they were engraved after his illustrations.
Inscribed above: 'Schem XII'
Figure 2, plate 12 from Robert Hooke’s Micrographia: or some physiological descriptions of minute bodies made by magnifying glasses with observations and inquiries thereupon (1665), the first fully-illustrated book on the topic of microscopy. In the preface Hooke asserts that he had discovered ‘a new visible World’.
Robert Hooke (1635-1703) British natural philosopher was a founding member of the Royal Society, elected in 1663. Before his career with the Royal Society, Hooke had been apprenticed to painter Peter Lely (1618-1680), where he learned to draw and paint. Though he did not engrave the images in Micrographia himself they were engraved after his illustrations.
Transcription
fig 2
Observ XX. Of blue mould, and the first Principles of vegetation arising from putrefaction
Observ XX. Of blue mould, and the first Principles of vegetation arising from putrefaction
Associated place
Credit
© The Royal Society
Image number
RS.5098
