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Engraving titled The Camera Obscura showing a dark room with a projected garden scene of trees, a fence, an urn and a seated figure.

Optics: the principle of the camera obscura. Engraving, 1752.

An engraved diagram titled The Camera Obscura shows a darkened room with a rectangular opening in its wall, through which rays cross to project an inverted view of a garden onto a panel inside. Trees, a fenced gate, a classical urn on a pedestal, and a seated figure appear in the outdoor scene.

Artist
Unknown
Date
1752
Medium
Engravings
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
4000 × 2571 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1752.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Wellcome Collection)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Wellcome Collection

Español: La cámara oscura: grabado de óptica, 1752

Un grabado titulado La Camera Obscura muestra una habitación oscura con una abertura rectangular en la pared, por donde los rayos cruzan para proyectar en un panel interior una vista invertida de un jardín. Se distinguen árboles, una verja, un jarrón clásico sobre un pedestal y una figura sentada.

Português: A câmara escura: gravura de óptica, 1752

Uma gravura intitulada The Camera Obscura mostra um cômodo escuro com uma abertura retangular na parede, por onde raios atravessam para projetar num painel interno uma vista invertida de um jardim. Aparecem árvores, um portão gradeado, um vaso clássico sobre pedestal e uma figura sentada.