Object Status:
Unlocated
Accession Date:
February 16, 1822
Primary Source Reference:
Peale Museum Accessions Book, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, p. 118
Additional Source Text:
Poulson's American Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia), 9 Jan 1822 reported the receipt from Miss Mary Hamilton of "A large Looking Glass, of which has been made an Electrical Plate to supply the one which was unfortunately broken."
Notes:
The Museum's electrostatic machine may have resembled the one pictured here.
