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Summary
The Coffee House
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Rita Greer |
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| Title |
The Coffee House |
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| Object type | painting | ||
| Description |
English: Coffee Houses played an important part in the social life of Robert Hooke. Only coffee and chocolate were served (no alcohol). Here news could be had, conversation, arguments, meetings, card games, wagers made, workmen could be paid, etc.(Hooke would sometimes carry out a scientific experiment in front of a coffee house audience as witnesses.) Hooke is shown writing (bottom left) at a table with people waiting to talk to him. |
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| Date | 2008 | ||
| Medium | oil on board | ||
| Source/Photographer | The original is an oil painting on board by Rita Greer, history painter, 2008. This was digitized by Rita and sent via email to the Department of Engineering Science, Oxford University, where it was subsequently uploaded to Wikimedia. | ||
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Copyleft: This work of art is free; you can redistribute it and/or modify it according to terms of the Free Art License. You will find a specimen of this license on the Copyleft Attitude site as well as on other sites. |
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| current | 10:22, 27 August 2009 | | 1,800 × 2,238 (1 MB) | James.Leek | {{Information |Description={{en|1='The Coffee House'. Coffee Houses played an important part in the social life of Robert Hooke. Only coffee and chocolate were served (no alcohol). Here news could be had, conversation, arguments, meetings, card games, |
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