Optician Collection

Medical eye checks, Rotherham General Infirmary, 1967. Artist: Michael Walters
Medical eye checks, Rotherham General Infirmary, South Yorkshire, 1967. In a photograph taken for the Central Office of Information

The Oculist (plate 18), 1843. Creator: Charles Emile Jacque
The Oculist (plate 18), 1843

Eyeglass Merchant, 1610-85. Creator: Unknown
Eyeglass Merchant, 1610-85

Portrait of the Right Honourable John Johnson, Lord Mayor, 1845. Creator: Henry Anelay
Portrait of the Right Honourable John Johnson, Lord Mayor, 1845. John Johnson, Member of the Worshipful Company of Spectacle Makers

H. Lippershey, printers sample for the Worlds Inventors souvenir album (A25) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes, 1888

The Gross of Green Spectacles, from The Vicar of Wakefield, May 1817
The Gross of Green Spectacles, from " The Vicar of Wakefield", May 1817

Consulting Room, Norwood School treatment centre, London, 1911. With an eye test in progress

Eye Room, Fulham School Treatment Centre, London, 1914
Uniformed nurse and optician, Eye Room, Fulham School Treatment Centre, London, 1914. A girl taking an eye examination

Eye screening, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1967. Artist: Michael Walters
Eye screening, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1967. In a photograph taken for the Central Office of Information, a patient undergoesn eye check as part of a programme of general health screening

The examination of a childs arm by radiography, 19th century. Artist: Gustave Francois Lasellaz
The examination of a childs arm by radiography, 19th century. A print from les Dernieres Merveilles de la Science, by Daniel Bellet

Hans Lippershey, Dutch optician credited with the discovery of the telescope, 1655. Lippershey (c1570-1619) applied for a patent for his telescope in 1608, and word of his invention reached Galileo

Discovery of the principle of the telescope, 17th century (1863). Artists impression of the supposed chance discovery of the principle of the telescope by children playing in the workshop of

Peter Dollond, optician, c1800. This engraving was published in the European Magazine in 1820. Dollond worked with both his father John Dollond and uncle George Dollond

John Dollond, optician, c1750. Artist: Posselwhite
John Dollond, optician, c1750. Pictured with a book with an overhanging leaf with ther word Opticks on it. Dolland became known for his invention of the achromatic lens

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