A gentleman with a lightning rod umbrella
Sujet

A gentleman with a lightning rod umbrella

Légende

A gentleman with a lightning rod umbrella, a fad in late eighteenth-century Europe particularly in Paris. The concept that inspired the fashion was that a lightning bolt would strike the Franklin-designed protective device instead of the person, and then the electricity would travel down a small metal chain into the ground harmlessly. From Les Merveilles de la Science, published 1870.

Date

20e siècle

Crédit

Photo12/UIG/Design Pics/Ken Welsh

Notre référence

UMG20B19_097

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

55,3Mo (7,5Mo) / 29,2cm x 47,4cm / 3449 x 5601 (300dpi)

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