The Discovery of the Law of Gravitation
Date1910
Artist
Louis Glackens
(American illustrator and cartoonist, 1866–1933)
Illustration CitationPuck, October 5, 1910
MediumCommercial relief process
Dimensionscomposition: 11 1/2 × 8 1/2 in. (29.2 × 21.6 cm)
sheet: 13 3/4 × 10 in. (34.9 × 25.4 cm)
sheet: 13 3/4 × 10 in. (34.9 × 25.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Helen Farr Sloan, 1978
Object number1978-583
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPRINT
Label TextLouis Glackens depicts a Wright Brothers airplane crashed into a tree, as Isaac Newton - who formulated the law of gravitation - and another 17th century character century draw their own conclusions.
