Spectacles, personal relic of N. Bishop Harman

Made:: 1840-1857

Science Museum Group

Spectacles, tortoiseshell frames, plain green lenses to protect eyes from the sun, found in Delhi, 1857, personal relic of N. Bishop Harman, likely English, 1840-1857

Details

Category:: Ophthalmology

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A651874

Materials:: frames, tortoiseshell, frames, brass and lenses, glass

Measurements:: ear piece: length 106 mm
width 117 mm
lens, approx: diameter 30 mm

type:: spectacles

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