Bildtitel: «Joseph Priestley, natural philosopher and discoverer of oxygen», 1929 // Information zur dargestellten Szene: «Priestley, radical politician, chemist and Nonconformist minister, is portrayed playing backgammon in his house in Birmingham when he received the news that it was about to be attacked by an anti-radical mob. The attacks took place on 14-16 July 1791, and the library, furnishings and equipment represented in the present painting were all destroyed. Priestley himself fled to Hackney.» (Beschreibung auf Wikimedia Commons) // Maler: Ernest Board // Standort: Wellcome Collection, ref: WT/D/1/20/1/3/9

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