Patent model for painting on translucent surfaces
date: label: date made
content: ca 1848
label: patent date
content: 1848-03-28
name: label: maker
content: Hall, J. Bishop
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This patent model demonstrates an invention for a method of painting on a sheet of glass coated with linseed oil and ground silica, which gave a luminous appearance to the painting. The invention was granted patent number 5495. The inventor named the process Tachygraphic Painting. J. Bishop Hall of Philadelphia may have been the same as the John Bishop Hall of New York whose invention is also listed here.
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dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: GA.89797.005495
label: accession number
content: 089797
label: patent number
content: 005495
label: patent number
content: 005495
label: catalog number
content: GA*89797.005495
objectType: label: Object Name
content: patent model
label: Object Name
content: machine, printing translucent surfaces
label: Object Name
content: Apparatus?
label: Object Name
content: apparatus, printing odd surfaces
label: Object Name
content: machine, printing on translucent surfaces
label: Object Type
content: Patent Model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 cm x 38 cm x 54 cm; 1 9/16 in x 14 15/16 in x 21 1/4 in