Camera Obscura Collection

Design: Camera Obscura, from Encyclopédie, 1762/77. Creator: A. J. Defehrt
Design: Camera Obscura, from Encyclopedie, 1762/77

Design: Camera Obscura, from Encyclopédie, 1762/77. Creator: A. J. Defehrt
Design: Camera Obscura, from Encyclopedie, 1762/77

Laterna Magica, 1786-1788. Creator: Abildgaard, Nicolai Abraham (1743-1809)
Laterna Magica, 1786-1788. Found in the collection of Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen

Camera obscura. From Encyclopedie by Denis Diderot and Jean Le Rond d Alembert, 1751-1765. Private Collection

Ars magna lucis et umbrae, 1646. Creator: Kircher, Athanasius (1602-1680)
Ars magna lucis et umbrae, 1646. Private Collection

Comparative depiction of the human eye and the camera obscura, 18th century. Creator: Anonymous
Comparative depiction of the human eye and the camera obscura, 18th century. Private Collection

Camera Obscura, 1671. From Ars Magna by Athanasius Kircher. (Amsterdam, 1671)

Portable tent type of camera obscura, 1764. The device is placed on a table so that it could be used to draw the landscape projected down onto a sheet of white paper on the table

Children watching an outdoor scene through a camera obscura, 1887. From Natural Philosophy by A Ganot. (London, 1887)

Illustration of the principle of the camera obscura, 1671. Showing how the image of the lighted face on the left appears inverted on the wall of the darkened chamber on the right

Camera obscura, 1561. Projecting a solar eclipse into a darkened room through a small hole, showing how the image is inverted. From Problematum Astronomicorum by Daniele Santbech. (Basel, 1561)

Camera obscura, 1646. A double camera obscura, rather out of scale, showing an image of a man burning in Hell. The image was produced by light from a lamp which travelled down the lens

Where Ignorance is Bliss, 1868. Artist: George Du Maurier
Where Ignorance is Bliss, 1868. Invasion of privacy by a seaside camera obscura (left). Theodore thinks he has found a private spot where he can woo Emily

Camera obscura, c1840. The illustration shows how the scene outside was collected by a mirror tilted at 45 degrees (B), passed through a meniscus lens between F and C

Camera obscura, 1855. Drawing a landscape using a portable camera obscura in the form of a tent. From The Museum of Science and Art by Dionysius Lardner. (London, 1855)

Seaside visitors paying a visit to the camera obscura, 1862. The viewers sat in a darkened chamber: the scene around was collected by the mirror (A) and passed through a convex lens (B)

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