Featured on PDR in the collection Illustrations from Vincenzo Requeno's Discovery of Chironomia (1797)

After “reviving the practice of painting with encaustic colored waxes” and having “revitalized the lost, ancient method for speaking at a distance with telegraphy”, the Spanish monk Vincenzo Requeno fixed his gaze on a new task in Scoperta della Chironomia (1797): reestablishing the “unknown and necessary” practice of communicating intelligibly with the hands.

Artist

Date

1797

From

Discovery of Chironomia


Underlying Rights

Public Domain Worldwide

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  • Exceptional quality, from $32 including delivery
  • Archival inks on high grade art paper
  • Framed option with solid wood and ready to hang

Image Size

1480 x 2230

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