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'Graphic Mirror' camera lucida & case
PHOTOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT AND CAMERAS
camera lucida
Alexander Alexander
Europe: United Kingdom, England, Devon, Exeter
1830s
brass; glass; wood
case: 50 mm x 265 mm x 72 mm; overall: 62 mm x 250 mm x 40 mm

Brass artist's drawing instrument with mirrors in prism-shaped head. Three-part extending rod stem, the inner section inscribed 1-10 at half inch intervals. G-clamp featuring adjusting wheel with milled edge. Also a later (20th century) antique-style wooden case with two hook clasps, lined in dark brown velvet.


2010.672

College Purchase, 2010



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