The Investigation of the Rainbow, design for plate 66 in the Physica Sacra, vol. 1, by Johann Jakob Scheuchzer, Johann Melchior Füssli, Swiss, 1677–1736, Christian Ulrich Wagner, German, 1686–1763, Brush and wash, pen and brown, black ink on cream laid paper, A gentleman with a dog is surrounded by a small circular rainbow and faces a mountain with a cascading waterfall. The picture contains two large diagrams - the upper portion of the picture consists of two circles and diagonal lines, and the lower portion contains two arches and diagonal lines. The letters P and O appear in the upper portion, while Fig. 1 and the letters S and O appear below. The diagonal lines leading to the arches in the bottom portion are emanating from an eye that appears on the ground, just to the right of the man and his dog., Zürich, Switzerland, before 1731, landscapes, Drawing, Drawing
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Investigation, Rainbow, design, plate 66, Physica Sacra, vol, 1, Johann Jakob Scheuchzer, Johann Melchior Füssli, Swiss, 1677–1736, Christian Ulrich Wagner, German, 1686–1763, Brush, wash, pen, brown, black ink, cream laid paper, gentleman, dog, surrounded, small circular rainbow, faces, mountain, cascading waterfall, picture contains two large diagrams -, upper portion, picture consists, two circles, diagonal lines, lower portion contains two arches, diagonal lines, letters P, O, upper portion, Fig, 1, letters S, O, diagonal lines leading, arches, bottom portion, emanating, eye, ground, right, man, dog, Zürich, Switzerland, 1731, landscapes, Drawing, Drawing
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