Zograscope

Institution

Ajuntament de Girona

Object description:

Zograscope. An original instrument from Great Britain used to view optical views at home, from the second half of the eighteenth century and the early nineteenth century. It consists of a wooden support holding a square frame with a biconvex lens set into it. An adjustable inclining mirror has been attached to it for observing an optical view, which is placed below and behind the instrument.

Object/Work type:

zograscopes

Location:

Gerona - Spain

Production

Unknown

Subject/theme:

optics, toys, visual arts

Resource

Rights Type: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ 

Date Taken: 1996

Record

Rights Type: CC0

Source: Ajuntament de Girona

Identifier: MC-MP05781