A drawing by Gemma Frisius showing how he used a pinhole within a darkened room to study the solar eclipse of 1544
1545 (published)
Engraving
Private collection
LL/31674
1 of 85
Leonardo da Vinci in the 16th century gave a description of the camera obscura
16th century
Drawing
Private collection
LL/31675 [Further details available]
2 of 85
[A camera obscura in use possibly showing the work of Ibn al-Haytham]
n.d.
Illustration
Internet - Original source ill-defined
Original source being researched.
LL/54322 [Further details available]
3 of 85
Chambre Obscure
1646
Engraving
Private collection of Jan Weijers (Servatius)
LL/45243 [Further details available]
4 of 85
Portable Camera Obscura
1694
Engraving
Museum of the History of Science
Inventory No: 93540
LL/39616 [Further details available]
5 of 85
[l'Encyclopédie, ou Dictionnaire Raisonné des Sciences, des Arts et des Métiers de Diderot et d'Alembert.]
1751-1772
Engraving
Private collection of Alan Griffiths
LL/8023
6 of 85
[l'Encyclopédie, ou Dictionnaire Raisonné des Sciences, des Arts et des Métiers de Diderot et d'Alembert.]
1751 -1772
Engraving
Private collection
LL/31671
7 of 85
[l'Encyclopédie, ou Dictionnaire Raisonné des Sciences, des Arts et des Métiers de Diderot et d'Alembert.]
1751 -1772
Engraving
Private collection
LL/31672
8 of 85
1769, May
Magazine page
Google Books
LL/34610 [Further details available]
9 of 85
Camera obscura
[l'Encyclopédie, ou Dictionnaire Raisonné des Sciences, des Arts et des Métiers de Diderot et d'Alembert.]
1751-1772
Engraving
Private collection of Alan Griffiths
LL/8024
10 of 85
1786
Engraving
Private collection
LL/31673
11 of 85
Chambre Noire
1733
Engraving
Private collection of Jan Weijers (Servatius)
LL/45240 [Further details available]
12 of 85
1869, June
Magazine illustration
Google Books
LL/34785 [Further details available]
13 of 85
17th century
Illustration
Private collection
LL/31738 [Further details available]
14 of 85
[Medical illustrator using a camera obscura]
1784
Engraving
Google Books
LL/50773 [Further details available]
15 of 85
A drawing tent in the landscape with a lens on the top
1825 (ca)
Book illustration
Private collection of Jack and Beverly Wilgus
LL/31676 [Further details available]
16 of 85
n.d.
Private collection
LL/31677
17 of 85
Printed Advertisement for Camera Obscura, Southport
1886-1896 (ca)
Advert
Museum of the History of Science
Inventory No: 29441
LL/39617
18 of 85
1846
Magazine illustration
Google Books
LL/34740 [Further details available]
19 of 85
Artist using a box camera obscura
1875
Book illustration
Private collection of Jack and Beverly Wilgus
LL/31668 [Further details available]
20 of 85
1685
Engraving
Private collection
LL/31667
21 of 85
Early 19th century
Colour image
Private collection of Jack and Beverly Wilgus
LL/31670
22 of 85
1860-1870s (ca)
Camera obscura
Stereographica - Antique Photographica
Courtesy of Bryan and Page Ginns (#21 / 43)
LL/32925 [Further details available]
23 of 85
1860-1870s (ca)
Camera obscura
Stereographica - Antique Photographica
Courtesy of Bryan and Page Ginns (#21 / 43)
LL/32926 [Further details available]
24 of 85
n.d.
Stereographica - Antique Photographica
LL/11948 [Further details available]
25 of 85
19th century
Private collection of Jack and Beverly Wilgus
LL/31669
26 of 85
1911 (ca)
Folder cover
Private collection of Jack and Beverly Wilgus
LL/31680 [Further details available]
27 of 85
n.d.
Folder cover
Private collection of Jack and Beverly Wilgus
LL/31681
28 of 85
The interior of a camera obscura tent used in bomber practice
1918, 15 September
Gelatin silver print
6 1/2 x 8 1/2 ins
Private collection of Jack and Beverly Wilgus
LL/31682
29 of 85
19th century (late)
Private collection of Jack and Beverly Wilgus
LL/31685
30 of 85
The Camera Obscura, Central Park, New York City
[American Scenery]
1870s (ca)
Stereocard
Private collection of Jack and Beverly Wilgus
LL/31686
31 of 85
n.d.
Picture postcard
Private collection
LL/31666
32 of 85
1950 (built)
Private collection of Jack and Beverly Wilgus
LL/31683
33 of 85
1836 (built)
Private collection of Jack and Beverly Wilgus
LL/31684
34 of 85
A camera lucida in use
2008 (or before)
Illustration
Provided by the artist - Stephen Berkman
LL/42679
35 of 85
Camera Obscura Image of Manhattan View Looking South in Large Room
1996
Gelatin silver print
20 x 24 ins
Bonni Benrubi Gallery
© Abelardo Morell, courtesy Bonni Benrubi Gallery, New York, NY
LL/33400
36 of 85
Camera Obscura Image of the Grand Tetons in Resort Room, Jackson Hole, Wyoming
1997
Location and source information requested
© Abelardo Morell; courtesy Bonni Benrubi Gallery, New York City
LL/19438 [Further details available]
37 of 85
Physionotrace machine
1792
Engraving
Private collection of Jan Weijers (Servatius)
LL/45242 [Further details available]
38 of 85
Physionotrace Machine
1792
Drawing
Private collection of Jack and Beverly Wilgus
LL/44215 [Further details available]
39 of 85
Portrait of a unidentified man - Bernbault (?)
18th century
Physionotrace
5.7 x 4.8 cm (frame) 5.3 x 4.3 cm (image)
Musée français de la Photographie
Inventory no: 89.7056.1
LL/42461
40 of 85
1793
Physionotrace
Creative Commons - Wikipedia
LL/33067
41 of 85
Three examples of physionotrace portraits
1928 (published)
Book page
28.6 x 39.3 cm (page)
Musée français de la Photographie
Inventory no: 95.9221.1
LL/42463 [Further details available]
42 of 85
Portrait of a woman wearing a hat
1793
Physionotrace
5.6 cm (diameter)
George Eastman Museum
Gift of Eastman Kodak Company: ex-collection Gabriel Cromer, GEH NEG: 46753
LL/42460 [Further details available]
43 of 85
Portrait of a Man: Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin (1770–1852)
1797-1798
Conté crayon, charcoal (?), graphite and white-chalk heightening on off-white laid paper coated with gouache
17 1/8 x 13 3/8 ins (43.5 x 34 cm)
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Gift of William H. Huntington, 1883, Accession Number: 83.2.472
LL/16998
44 of 85
Portrait of Pierre-François Percy (1754-1825)
1795-1798 (ca)
Physionotrace etching, ink on paper; circular frame of copper alloy and colored paper
3 ins (7.6 cm) (diameter)
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Purchase, The Lattimer Family Fund Gift, in memory of Russell B. Aitken, 2003 Accession Number: 2003.7
LL/16999
45 of 85
Physionotrace de Louis-Bernard Guyton-Morveau
1787, 4 January
Physionotrace
Location and source information requested
LL/42458 [Further details available]
46 of 85
Physionotrace portrait of Lady Mount Cashell
1801 (ca)
Physionotrace, engraving finished with etching and aquatint
19 x 15 cm
NYPL - New York Public Library
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle, Image ID: 1800608
LL/42457
47 of 85
Portrait of the composer A. Gretry
1808
Engraving, Physionotrace
24 x 18.5 cm
Stockholms Auktionsverk
Photographica, 4 April 2011, Lot: 4009
LL/43499 [Further details available]
48 of 85
Portrait of the composer A. Gretry
1808
Engraving, Physionotrace
24 x 18.5 cm
Stockholms Auktionsverk
Photographica, 4 April 2011, Lot: 4009
LL/43500 [Further details available]
49 of 85
Portrait of the opera-singer C.(ristoffer) Karsten
1811
Engraving, Physionotrace
10 x 1.1 cm (plate area)
Stockholms Auktionsverk
Photographica, 4 April 2011, Lot: 4010
LL/43501 [Further details available]
50 of 85
Portrait of the opera-singer C.(ristoffer) Karsten
1811
Engraving, Physionotrace
10 x 1.1 cm (plate area)
Stockholms Auktionsverk
Photographica, 4 April 2011, Lot: 4010
LL/43502 [Further details available]
51 of 85
Roger Watson
2000-2001
Physiognotrace
Provided by the artist - Mark Osterman
LL/42731 [Further details available]
52 of 85
Silhouette machine
1790s
Engraving
Private collection of Jan Weijers (Servatius)
LL/45244 [Further details available]
53 of 85
Silhouette of child
1810 (ca)
Silhouette
National Science and Media Museum
Ref Number: 1990-5036/6974
LL/42464
54 of 85
Silhouette portrait of an aristocrat
18th century
Silhouette, with the aid of Physionotrace
15.5 x 9.6 cm (frame) 6.8 x 5.7 cm (image)
Musée français de la Photographie
Inventory no: 79.3352.1
LL/42462
55 of 85
Silhouette en noir d'un abbé
n.d.
Daguerreotype, 1/6 plate
Interencheres - La Gallerie de Chartes
Collection Henry Koilski (Galerie de Chartres, Auction, 8 October 2011, Lot: 24)
LL/44269
56 of 85
1807
Magazine page
Google Books
LL/34609 [Further details available]
57 of 85
1835, 22 August
Magazine page
Google Books
LL/34608 [Further details available]
58 of 85
1852
Engraving
Creative Commons - Wikipedia
LL/33060 [Further details available]
59 of 85
Chambre Claire
1830 (ca)
Engraving
Private collection of Jan Weijers (Servatius)
LL/45241 [Further details available]
60 of 85
1807
Engraving
George Eastman Museum
LL/33061 [Further details available]
61 of 85
British camera lucida
1840s (manufactured)
Instrument
Archive Farms
LL/38894
62 of 85
Camera lucida
1900 (before)
Colour image
Classic Photographics
LL/44221 [Further details available]
63 of 85
1837
Colour image
Museum of the History of Science
Inventory No: 15780
LL/39614
64 of 85
n.d.
Colour image
Museum of the History of Science
Inventory No: 12923, Elliott Collection, Presented by the Marconi Corporation in 2003
LL/39615
65 of 85
Book cover for Captain Basil Hall "Forty Etchings From Sketches Made With The Camera Lucida, in North America, in 1827 and 1828" (Edinburgh: Cadell & Co., London: Simpkin & Marshall, and Moon, Boys, & Graves, 1829)
1829
Book cover
13 x 10 ins
Archive Farms
LL/38893 [Further details available]
66 of 85
Sketch of Lake Como
1833, 5 October
Drawing, made with a camera lucida
National Science and Media Museum
Courtesy of the Science and Society Picture Library.
LL/42983
67 of 85
View towards Lecco
1833, 6 October
Drawing, made with a camera lucida
National Science and Media Museum
Courtesy of the Science and Society Picture Library, Picture Reference: 10459450
LL/42984
68 of 85
n.d.
Book page
Private collection
LL/31678
69 of 85
n.d.
Book page
Private collection
LL/31679
70 of 85
[Drawing aids?]
1642
Engraving
Private collection of Jan Weijers (Servatius)
LL/45245 [Further details available]
71 of 85
1753, April
Magazine page
Google Books
LL/34611 [Further details available]
72 of 85
1753, April
Magazine page
Google Books
LL/34612 [Further details available]
73 of 85
1780-1800 (ca)
Stereographica - Antique Photographica
Courtesy of Bryan and Page Ginns (#16/40)
LL/13138 [Further details available]
74 of 85
1780-1800 (ca)
Stereographica - Antique Photographica
Courtesy of Bryan and Page Ginns (#16/40)
LL/13137 [Further details available]
75 of 85
1780-1800 (ca)
Stereographica - Antique Photographica
Courtesy of Bryan and Page Ginns (#16/40)
LL/13136 [Further details available]
76 of 85
[Drawing aids]
1535
Woodblock print
Private collection of Jan Weijers (Servatius)
LL/45246 [Further details available]
77 of 85
[Drawing aids]
1535
Woodblock print
Private collection of Jan Weijers (Servatius)
LL/45247 [Further details available]
78 of 85
[Drawing aids]
1535
Woodblock print
Private collection of Jan Weijers (Servatius)
LL/45248 [Further details available]
79 of 85
[Drawing aids]
1535
Woodblock print
Private collection of Jan Weijers (Servatius)
LL/45249
80 of 85
[l'Encyclopédie, ou Dictionnaire Raisonné des Sciences, des Arts et des Métiers de Diderot et d'Alembert.]
1751-1772
Engraving
Private collection of Alan Griffiths
LL/8022
81 of 85
Notion Company's Works, California
1852 (or earlier)
Daguerreotype
Archives of Modern Conflict OR National Gallery of Canada
LL/47381 [Further details available]
82 of 85
Notion Company's Works, California
1852
Newspaper illustration
Archives of Modern Conflict OR National Gallery of Canada
LL/47382 [Further details available]
83 of 85
Notion Company's Works, California
1852 (or earlier)
Daguerreotype / newspaper illustration
Archives of Modern Conflict OR National Gallery of Canada
LL/47383 [Further details available]
84 of 85
1853
Book illustration
Google Books
LL/34650 [Further details available]
85 of 85
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