- Brief Description
- A model of Christopher Wren's perspective machine, this was presumably commissioned by the first curator of the Museum R.T. Gunther in the 1920s or ‘30s. Wren's design was published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 4 (1669), 898-899 as "The Description of an Instrument Invented Divers Years Ago by Dr. Christopher Wren, for Drawing the Out-Lines of Any Object in Perspective" (<a HREF="https://www.jstor.org/stable/100986">JSTOR link</a>).
- Subject
- Drawing instruments
- Item type
- Object
- Object type
- Drawing instrument
- Dimensions
- Height: 485mm Width: 586mm Depth: 452mm Weight: 2.9kg
- Inventory No
- 10102
Description
A wooden rectangle held vertically by two wooden rods with square cross sections that pass through the bottom corners of the rectangle. Mounted on the rectangle is an illustration of St Pauls Cathedral. Attached to the rectangle are various arms including a vertical metal rod holding a circular wooden disc. There is also a lead weight coated in copper alloy.
