Camera Obscura Diagrams, from Encyclopédie
An engraved plate of numbered diagrams showing camera obscura setups: a boxed viewing device with a mirror, a tall open-frame stand, a tent-like cloth hood, and a table with mirror and lens. Fine line hatching on cream paper, with a caption reading Chambre Obscure below.
- Artist
- A. J. Defehrt
- Date
- 1762/77
- Medium
- Engraving on cream laid paper
- Source
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Size
- 1686 × 2575 px
Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1777).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)
Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Buckingham Book Appropriation