James Cox’s Silver Swan
The Silver Swan (ill. 25) is a life-sized automaton that has been in the Bowes Museum in the northern English town of Barnard Castle since 1872. It was first exhibited in 1773 by the jeweller and entrepreneur James Cox (c. 1723-1800), as part of his « museum » of musical clocks and automata in Spri...
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| Format: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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Artefact
2018
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| Accès en ligne: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |