Art 111-85

Spring 2014

Submitted by Lucas Estrella

Instructor: Carolyn Jacobs

Virtual ExhibitRevolutionary Inventions

TITLE OF ARTWORK:Count Alessandro Volta

ARTIST:Unknown

DATE OF ARTWORK:1810

MEDIA:Portrait

CREDIT:The Granger Collection, NYC — All rights reserved.

Morse Telegraph Receiver/SenderTITLE 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-Z2-28608-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-USZ62-97960 

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 (1787-1851); Giroux, Alphonse (c. 1775-1848); Science Museum

DATE:1839

DESCRIPTION:Daguerre-Giroux camera, the original made in 1839 by Alphonse Giroux (c. 1775-1848).

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; 29.21 cm x 39.37 cm x 40.64 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