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1) As requested, the next few days posts will focus on the wall art section of the #chronicleofcuriosities exhibition currently under lockdown @whitbymuseum
The wall pieces are ink illustrations on vintage encyclopaedia pages, inspired by the extensive and often over-looked
The wall pieces are ink illustrations on vintage encyclopaedia pages, inspired by the extensive and often over-looked
2) library archive within the museum. Each piece has been expertly framed by the talented Antony Bentley, based in Kirkbymoorside.
This illustration is a leech, inspired by the Tempest Prognosticator.
Dr George Merryweather was a Whitby GP, Curator of Whitby Museum between 1840
This illustration is a leech, inspired by the Tempest Prognosticator.
Dr George Merryweather was a Whitby GP, Curator of Whitby Museum between 1840
3) and 1861, and inventor. In 1850 he invented the “Atmospheric Electromagnetic Telegraph conducted by Animal Instinct” or Tempest Prognosticator – consisting of 12 pint glass bottles, each containing a live leech, set around a circular stand under a bell which was surrounded
