Gene Jarvis: Kerosene Lamp

Artist: Gene Jarvis
1921 - 1990
Nationality: American
Artwork Year: 1978
Image Size: 9.5 by 9 inches
Overall Size: 12.75 by 12.5 inches
Medium: Pen and Ink on Hot Press Illustration Board

By instilling a wick into a container of oil, man lit his darkened path and escaped the confinement of the campfire. In many ways the study of lamp development parallels the study of the rise of the Western Civilization. In America, the early colonists' Betty Lamp was a simple spouted saucer with a lid. Lack of air to the round wick center hindered combustion, making the Betty Lamp quite smoky. Soon, a Swiss chemist developed a remedy for this problem in the form of a round wick with a hollow center. However, it was the introduction of kerosene that revolutionized domestic lighting. Naturally, this new, safer fuel sparked an increase in the lamps available. Hand, table, and ceiling lamps -- known as Victorian models -- soon decorated every home. The phrase "a lamp in every room" became reality.

This painting was originally published on the Fleetwood® First Day Cover for the U.S. $2 Kerosene Lamp stamp issued November 16, 1978.

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