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LL/31675 |  | Brook Taylor (based on work by)
Leonardo da Vinci in the 16th century gave a description of the camera obscura
16th century
Drawing
Private collection
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2
LL/33072 |  | Unidentified photographer/creator
The first illustration of a camera obscura used to observe a solar eclipse was published in 1544 by Dutch physician and mathematician Reinerius Gemma-Frisius.
n.d.
Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center at the University of Texas at Austin
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3
LL/31667 |  | Unidentified photographer/creator
Johann Zahn, Reflex box camera obscura, 1685
1685
Engraving
Private collection
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4
LL/31672 |  | Unidentified photographer/creator
Camera obscura
[l'Encyclopédie, ou Dictionnaire Raisonné des Sciences, des Arts et des Métiers de Diderot et d'Alembert.]
1751 -1772
Engraving
Private collection
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5
LL/31676 |  | J. Ouartley
A drawing tent in the landscape with a lens on the top
1825 (ca)
Book illustration
Private collection of Jack and Beverly Wilgus
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6
LL/31677 |  | Unidentified photographer/creator
Mirror for a camera obscura
n.d.
Private collection
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7
LL/39617 |  | G.W. Crompton
Printed Advertisement for Camera Obscura, Southport
1886-1896 (ca)
Advert
Museum of the History of Science
Inventory No: 29441
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8
LL/32926 |  | Unidentified photographer/creator
American diminutive Camera Obscura
1860-1870s (ca)
Camera obscura
Stereographica - Antique Photographica
Courtesy of Bryan and Page Ginns (#21 / 43)
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9
LL/31683 |  | Unidentified photographer/creator
Camera Obscura building, San Francisco, CA, built in 1950
1950 (built)
Private collection of Jack and Beverly Wilgus
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10
LL/42464 |  | Unknown artist
Silhouette of child
1810 (ca)
Silhouette
National Science and Media Museum
Ref Number: 1990-5036/6974
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11
LL/42462 |  | Unknown artist
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
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12
LL/42731 |  | Mark Osterman
Roger Watson
2000-2001
Physiognotrace
Provided by the artist - Mark Osterman
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13
LL/33067 |  | Unidentified photographer/creator
Physionotrace des. par Fouquet et gr. par Chrétien
1793
Physionotrace
Creative Commons - Wikipedia
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14
LL/42457 |  | Edme Quenedey (engraver)
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
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15
LL/42461 |  | Unknown artist
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
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16
LL/33061 |  | Unidentified photographer/creator
A camera lucida in use
1807
Engraving
George Eastman Museum
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17
LL/38894 |  | Unknown maker
British camera lucida
1840s (manufactured)
Instrument
Archive Farms
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18
LL/33062 |  | Unidentified photographer/creator
Angelo Sala
n.d.
Engraving
Creative Commons - Wikipedia
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19
LL/33050 |  | Sir Thomas Lawrence
Sir Humphry Davy
1821 (ca)
Oil painting
National Portrait Gallery - NPG
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20
LL/6129 |  | C. Laguiche
Joseph Nicéphore Niépce
1795 (ca)
Ink and watercolor
18.5 cm in diameter
Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center at the University of Texas at Austin
HRC (964:0000:0001)
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