Puce de l'homme grossiment 50 diametres by A A Bertsch
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Microphotograph salt print entitled 'Puce de l'homme grossiment 50 diametres', by Auguste Adolphe Bertsch, c. 1857. Salt print.
Human flea.
In the 1850s, keen photographer Auguste Adolphe Bertsch pioneered use of the microscope to take pictures of tiny creatures. While the beautiful images impressed amateur photographers, scientists were not yet convinced. Photography was still not good enough to improve on looking at something directly through a microscope.
Details
- Category:
- Photographs
- Collection:
- Kodak Collection
- Object Number:
- 1990-5036/13495
- Materials:
- paper (fibre product)
- Measurements:
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overall: 246 mm x 310 mm
image: 171 mm x 176 mm
- type:
- photograph, microphotograph and salt print
- credit:
- The Kodak Collection at the National Media Museum, Bradford
