Camera lucida, Wollaston type, with black fish-skin case

Made:
England
Wollaston type camera lucida, in black fishskin case

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Wollaston type camera lucida, in black fishskin case
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Wollaston type camera lucida, in black fishskin case, early 19th century

Details

Category:
Optics
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
1981-268/23
Materials:
prism, glass, pillar & clamp, brass, housing, brass, box, softwood, box, fishskin, black, covered and box, velvet, red, lining
Measurements:
overall: length 585 mm
overall, shortest: length 225 mm
box: length 247 mm
box: width 70 mm
box: height 24 mm
type:
optical drawing aid - camera lucida
credit:
On loan from the Wellcome Trust