The Discovery of the Law of Gravitation

The Discovery of the Law of Gravitation
The Discovery of the Law of Gravitation

The Discovery of the Law of Gravitation

Date1910
Artist (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)
Credit LineGift of Helen Farr Sloan, 1978
Object number1978-583
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ClassificationsPRINT
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.