Boys Testing Air Capacity Of Bladder
by Metropolitan Museum of Art
Title
Boys Testing Air Capacity Of Bladder
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Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
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Two boys blowing into a bladder by candlelight, 1773. Engraved by Peter Perez Burdett (British, 1735-1793) after Joseph Wright (British, 1734-1797). Aquatint printed in red and brown inks. This depiction of two boys testing the capacity of a bladder perfectly captures the scientific spirit of the Age of Enlightenment. Burdett's print is unique in that it bears no trace of etched outlines, and thus may be the first pure aquatint produced in England. Two plates were inked separately in brown and red to reproduce the warm, rosy glow of Wright's candlelit painting.
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