Perspective tracing instrument

Made:
1820-1840

Perspective tracing instrument

Details

Category:
Optics
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
1981-268/8
Materials:
rods, brass, 3, one blackened, rods, steel, 1, collar, brass, box, softwood, box, leather, red, covered and box, velvet, blue, lining lid and base
Measurements:
box: length 307 mm
box: width 60 mm
box: height 37 mm
type:
drawing (perspective tracing instrument) and camera lucida
credit:
On loan from the Wellcome Trust

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