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<p style='text-align: justify;'>Black and white photograph of the young Maxwell with his colour wheel. This famous image of Maxwell was taken in 1855 while he was a fellow of Trinity College. He is holding his colour wheel with which he carried out experiments on the three colour theory of colour vision. These experiments led to the need for more precise experiments with his colour box.</p>

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Young Maxwell with his Colour Wheel (1855) (P421)

Black and white photograph of the young Maxwell with his colour wheel. This famous image of Maxwell was taken in 1855 while he was a fellow of Trinity College. He is holding his colour wheel with which he carried out experiments on the three colour theory of colour vision. These experiments led to the need for more precise experiments with his colour box.

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  • Physical Location: Cavendish Laboratory
  • Classmark: P421
  • Subject(s): Maxwell; Colour wheel
  • Origin Place: Cambridge
  • Date of Creation: 1855
  • Note(s): Copy negative: glass: 3¼ x 4¼ ins. Copy negative photographed by Walter Andrews.; Associated images: P7, P1057, P1058, P1060, P2000 is a modern colour version.
  • Extent: Digitised grayscale image: tiff: 300 dpi. 3.8 Mb: 2134 x 2832.
  • Material:

    Negative: Glass. Check this

  • Format: Photograph
  • Author(s) of the Record: TEI created from spreadsheet.

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    Information about this document

    • Physical Location: Cavendish Laboratory
    • Classmark: P421
    • Subject(s): Maxwell; Colour wheel
    • Origin Place: Cambridge
    • Date of Creation: 1855
    • Note(s): Copy negative: glass: 3¼ x 4¼ ins. Copy negative photographed by Walter Andrews.; Associated images: P7, P1057, P1058, P1060, P2000 is a modern colour version.
    • Extent: Digitised grayscale image: tiff: 300 dpi. 3.8 Mb: 2134 x 2832.
    • Material:

      Negative: Glass. Check this

    • Format: Photograph
    • Author(s) of the Record: TEI created from spreadsheet.
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