James Gillray, 1756–1815, British, A Sphere, Projecting against a Plane ---, 1792
- Title:
- A Sphere, Projecting against a Plane ---
- Date:
- 1792
- Materials & Techniques:
- Etching, hand-colored
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 9 3/8 x 8 3/8in. (23.8 x 21.3cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Lettered inside image, lower right: "Pubd. Jany. 3d. 1792. by H. Humphrey N.18 Old Bond Street"; lettered below image, lower center: "A SPHERE, Projecting against a PLANE. | Definitions from Euclid. | Def: 1st. B:4th - A Sphere, is a Figure bounded by a Convex surface; it is the most perfect of all forms; its Properties are generated | from its Centre; and it possesses a larger Area than any other Figure. - Def: 2d. B: 1st A Plane, is a perfectly even & regular Surface, | it is the most Simple of all Figures; it has neither the Properties of Length or of Breadth; and when applied over so closely to a SPHERE, can | only touch its Superfic[i]es, without being able to enter it - Vide. Euclid, illustrated; by the Honble Mrs. Circumference."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1981.25.979
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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