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The Coffee House  wikidata:Q118521731 reasonator:Q118521731
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Rita Greer
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Title
The Coffee House
label QS:Len,"The Coffee House"
Object type painting
object_type QS:P31,Q3305213
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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.
Date 2008
Medium oil on board
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q18668582,P518,Q861259
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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