<i>A Philosopher. Conduit Street</i>
date: label: date made
content: 1796
notes: label: Description
content: Hand-colored etching depicting an elderly man standing behind a table filled with scientific apparatus, holding a wand in one hand and a glass containing liquid in the other.
label: Description
content: The image represents Adam Walker (1731-1821), an inventor and educator from the north of England who settled in London and read lectures on science at his house at 42 Conduit Street, Hanover Square.
label: Description
content: The “X” in the bottom left corner is the mark of the popular English caricaturist, James Gillray. The text at the bottom—“Pubd March 28th 1796. by H. Humphrey No 37 New Bond Street”—refers to Hannah Humphrey (fl. 1778-1822), the domestic partner of Gillray and publisher of many of his images.
label: Description
content: Ref: Arts Council of Great Britain, <i>James Gillray, 1756-1815: Drawings and Caricatures</i> (London, 1967).
label: Description
content: “Adam Walker” in<i>Dictionary of National Biography</i>.
label: Description
content: Adam Walker <i>A System of Familiar Philosophy in Twelve Lectures</i> (London, 1799).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England, London
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content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
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content: Science & Mathematics
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content: Prints from the Physical Sciences Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PH.329191
label: catalog number
content: 329191
label: accession number
content: 280072
objectType: label: Object Name
content: print
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 9 in x 7 in; 22.86 cm x 17.78 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 19 in x 19 in x 7/8 in; 48.26 cm x 48.26 cm x 2.2225 cm