EditorialL'Optique (The Optical Viewer). Dated: c. 1793. Dimensions: plate: 55 x 45 cm (21 5/8 x 17 11/16 in.) sheet: 55.9 x 47.8 cm (22 x 18 13/16 in.). Medium: etching and wash manner, inked la poup e in black, brown, and green with hand coloring.
EditorialPark of Schwetzingen palace, built by elector Carl Theodor of the Palatinate and Bavaria (1724-1799). " The ultimate world", an optical illusion and a study in perspective.
EditorialThe circular economy of specs: MIKA & Me urges people to donate old glasses to raise funds for Beatson Cancer Charity, west end, glasgow, Scotland / UK - 08 Dec 2022
EditorialL'Optique (The Optical Viewer). Dated: c. 1793. Dimensions: plate: 67.5 x 53.5 cm (26 9/16 x 21 1/16 in.) sheet: 70.3 x 57.4 cm (27 11/16 x 22 5/8 in.). Medium: etching and wash manner, printed in black.
EditorialL'Optique (The Optical Viewer). Dated: c. 1793. Dimensions: plate: 55 x 45 cm (21 5/8 x 17 11/16 in.) sheet: 55.9 x 47.8 cm (22 x 18 13/16 in.). Medium: etching and wash manner, inked la poup e in black, brown, and green with hand coloring.
EditorialL'Optique (The Optical Viewer). Dated: c. 1793. Dimensions: plate: 67.5 x 53.5 cm (26 9/16 x 21 1/16 in.) sheet: 70.3 x 57.4 cm (27 11/16 x 22 5/8 in.). Medium: etching and wash manner, printed in black.
EditorialL'Optique (The Optical Viewer). Dated: c. 1793. Dimensions: plate: 55 x 45 cm (21 5/8 x 17 11/16 in.) sheet: 55.9 x 47.8 cm (22 x 18 13/16 in.). Medium: etching and wash manner, inked la poup e in black, brown, and green with hand coloring.
EditorialChinese propaganda poster: Chinese Jiang Zhuying (1939-1982), a prominent Chinese optician, who made great contribution to China's optical mechanical testing and scientific research in some other fields. China, early 1960s.
EditorialIgnaz Schiffermüller (2 October 1727 - 21 June 1806) was an Austrian naturalist mainly interested in Lepidoptera. In his Versuch eines Farbensystems (1772), Schiffermüller addressed the need for a standardised nomenclature with which to describe the ...
EditorialPark of Schwetzingen palace, built by elector Carl Theodor of the Palatinate and Bavaria (1724-1799). " The ultimate world", an optical illusion and a study in perspective.
EditorialThe Cocoon illusion presented by Buatier De Kolta at the Egyptian Hall, 1887. England's home of mystery. Lessee and manager Mr. J. N. Maskelyne. Le Cocon. By Buatier de Kolta. Maskelyne & Cooke's entertainment. The poster contains a description of th...
EditorialA poster for Dr. Cramer's Illusions at Berner's Hall, the Royal Agricultural Hall, Islington. The marvellous automatic whist player & conjuror, mental arithmetician, orthographer and clairvoyant. Acetos, the great dynamic mystery. An automatic figure, ...
EditorialPortrait of a Man in Profile, 19th century, Graphite, sheet: 18 1/2 x 14 in. (47 x 35.6 cm), Drawings, Cornelius Varley (British, London 1781?1873 London), Before photography was invented, artists often used optical tools for assistance. Cornelius Varl...
EditorialOptical micrometers including Dr. Nevil Maskelyne's, Mr. Edward Troughton's and Dr. William Herschel's lamp micrometer. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after a drawing by J. Farey Jr. from Abraham Rees' Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary of Arts,...
EditorialPhenakistiscope Disc with Geometric Shapes, Josef Bermann, Austrian, 1810 - 1866, Hand-colored lithograph on paperboard, Paper disc with a hole in the center, 10 rectangular perforations evenly spaced along perimeter for viewing. In the outermost ring,...
EditorialPerpetual Motion Design, Cut paper on wood frame, Magic lantern slide, optical toy. On black field, circumference a pink band with eight elliptical rings. Within, eight cartouches alternating with eight chains of circles and and ellipses. At center, fi...
EditorialEtruscan Wheel, Cut paper on wood frame, Magic lantern slide, optical toy. On black field, circular design composed of four concentric series of rays of various notched or serpentine outlines, with three intervening concentric serpentine bands. Yellow,...
EditorialOptical Toy: 'The Magic Lantern' (Spooner's Protean Views, no. 5), William Spooner, England, active 1830 1854, Lithograph, brush and watercolor on paper, mounted, Two adults and a group of children witness a magic lantern show - when held to the light,...
EditorialDrawing for a Frontispiece: 'The Toast', Hubert-Fran?ois Gravelot, 16991773, French, active in Britain (173345), 1735, Pen and black ink, pen and brown ink, and gray wash on medium, modertately textured, beige laid paper mounted on thick, slightly text...
EditorialLight green, blown glass (optical) jug with cylindrical belly. The neck is narrow and has a wide mouth. The ear runs from the mouth to the shoulder., Jug, jug, glass, 9.5 cm, Israel, Palestine.
Editorialbalsamarium, cosmetic bottle, Balsamarium of light green transparent glass, optical and free blown. The bottle has a stretched, drop-shaped body, a flat bottom and a separate cylindrical neck with a trumpet-shaped mouth and a round, folded edge. The be...