Art Spring 2014 Submitted by Lucas Estrella Instructor: Carolyn Jacobs
TITLE OF ARTWORK: Count Alessandro Volta ARTIST: Unknown DATE OF ARTWORK: 1810 MEDIA: Portrait CREDIT: The Granger Collection, NYC — All rights reserved.
TITLE OF ARTWORK: Electric Telegraph(right) ARTIST: Samuel Morse DATE OF ARTWORK: 1844 MEDIA: Communication Equipment
TITLE OF ARTWORK: The First Telephone Call by Alexander Graham Bell ARTIST: Photographs Division, Library of Congress. DATE OF ARTWORK: March 10, 1876 MEDIA: Photographic print. CREDIT: Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress. Reproduction Number LC-G9-Z B.
TITLE OF ARTWORK: First Public Demonstration of Edison's Light Bulb/Lamp ARTIST: Thomas Edison DATE OF ARTWORK: January 27, 1880 MEDIA: Photographic print, blueprint CREDIT: Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress. Reproduction Number LC-USZ
TITLE OF ARTWORK: Thomas Alva Edison ARTIST: Abraham A. Anderson DATE OF ARTWORK: 1890 MEDIA: Oil on canvas Summary: Edison with the phonograph RIGHTS: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; transfer from the Smithsonian American Art Museum; gift of Eleanor A. Campbell to the Smithsonian Institution, 1942
TITLE: 1903 Wright Flyer First Flight, Kitty Hawk, N.C. ARTIST: From N.W. Ayer & Son, Inc. DATE OF ARTWORK: Dec. 17, 1903 MEDIA: Photographic print. SUMMARY: With Orville Wright at the controls and Wilbur Wright mid-stride, right, the 1903 Wright Flyer makes its first flight at Kitty Hawk, N.C., Dec. 17 CREDIT: National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution
TITLE: Automatic transmitter type 703-A ARTIST: From N.W. Ayer & Son, Inc. DATE OF ARTWORK: 1944 MEDIA: Photographic print. SUMMARY: Woman sending a telegram at a "telefax" telegram machine.
TITLE OF ARTWORK: Daguerre-Giroux camera ARTIST: Daguerre, Louis Jacques Mandé ( ); Giroux, Alphonse (c ); Science Museum DATE: 1839 DESCRIPTION: Daguerre-Giroux camera, the original made in 1839 by Alphonse Giroux (c ). MEDIA: Wood, metal, and glass
TITLE OF ARTWORK Remington Standard Typewriter Number 2 MAKER Remington DATE MADE 1878 MEDIA typewriter PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION metal (overall material) wood (overall material) fabric (overall material) MEASUREMENTS Overall: 11 1/2 in x 15 1/2 in x 16 in; cm x cm x cm
TITLE OF ARTWORK: Spur Gear Wheel, Charles Ruwolt Pty Ltd1928 DATE CREATED: 1928Spur Gear Wheel, Charles Ruwolt Pty Ltd1928 ARTIST: Unknown MEDIA: Photograph; Glass Negative THEME: Engineering TYPE: Image RIGHTS: Copyright expired: Source: Museum Victoria
TITLE OF ARTWORK: Le Taxiphote DATE CREATED: 1898 – 1902 MANUFACTURER: Jules Richard PHYSICAL FORMAT: w29.2 x h48.5 x d29.2 cm (overall) TYPE: Photographic Equipment RIGHTS: The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, gift of William J. Hill MEDIA: Wood, metal, glass, and photographic glass slides