1 camera obscura ; 8.3 cm high x 7.8 cm in diameter
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Three-Dimensional Artifacts
Notes:
"[A camera obscura is a] light-tight box with a small hole in one side, sometimes fitted with a lens, through which light from a well-lit scene or object enters to form an inverted image on a screen placed opposite the hole. A mirror then reflects the image, right way up, on to a drawing surface where its outlines can be traced. The camera obscura was the direct precursor of the modern camera, and its use by earlier artists can be compared to that made of the camera by artists of the 19th and 20th centuries."--Harvey.
Subject Terms:
Artists' tools -- Specimens.
Form/Genre:
Optical instruments. | Image-projecting equipment. | Camera obscuras.