1 zograscope : mahogany, glass, mirror ; 64 cm in height, base 21 cm in diameter
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Related Content:
View catalog record A View of Vauxhall Gardens, a print housed with the zograscope
http://collections.britishart.yale.edu/vufind/Record/3642253
Classification:
Three-Dimensional Artifacts
Notes:
"These table-top viewers consist of a wooden stand supporting a hinged mirror and lens, used to view a flat image placed on the table next to the stand. A perspective effect is created through a combination of image design and lens and mirror properties."--Getty Art and Architecture Thesaurus Online. The device is also commonly referred to as a diagonal mirror, optical diagonal machine, or optical pillar machine.
Form/Genre:
Optical instruments. | Zograscopes.
Contributors:
Wale, Samuel, -1786. Six perspective designs for the concave mirrour.