Painting by Bart Forbes, Computers
date: label: date made
content: 1980
name: label: maker
content: Forbes, Bart
notes: label: Description
content: This painting shows a variety of objects associated with the history of computing, including an abacus, a portion of Babbage's difference engine, a punch card, electronic circuitry, a magnetic tape reader, and a computer monitor with keyboard. The head of a main, who according to the accession file is Charles Babbage, is also depicted. The painting has a black and gold wooden frame.
label: Description
content: The painter, Bart Forbes, reported in 2024 that in 1980 he was commissioned by the General Electric Credit Corporation to create a painting that would involve the history of the computer. This was one of three paintings commissioned by GECC. The other two were "Telecommunications" by Mark English and "Aviation" by Chet Jezierski. GECC was involved in all three of these industries.
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content: References:
label: Description
content: Acquisition file.
label: Description
content: Personal Communication, Bart Forbes, April 18, 2024.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Mathematics
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content: Medicine and Science: Computers
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content: Computers & Business Machines
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of General Electric Credit Corporation
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1980.3034.01
label: catalog number
content: 1980.3034.01
label: nonaccession number
content: 1980.3034
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Painting
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 72.5 cm x 95.2 cm; 28 17/32 in x 37 15/32 in