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Print (Offset Lithography) Engraving of Portable Camera Obscura, 1694

Inventory Number 93540


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.93540

Item type
Object
Physical technique
Offset lithograph
Object type
Print
Dimensions
Height: 168mm Width: 252mm
Inventory No
93540

Description

20th century reproduction of 17th century woodcut demonstrating the use of a camera obscura. With archival note: 'Camera for drawing. Possibly the only known portrait of Dr. Hooke'