Accession No
3497
Brief Description
print showing a pocket microscope; English; 19th century
Origin
England
Maker
Class
prints; microscopes
Earliest Date
1800
Latest Date
1900
Inscription Date
Material
paper (card and one other)
Dimensions
breadth 340mm; height 260mm (including mount)
Special Collection
Provenance
Inscription
‘A DESCRIPTION OF THE
IMPROVED COMPOUND AND SINGLE
POCKET MICROSCOPE.’ (top of right hand side)
Description Notes
Illustration and description of the pocket compound and simple microscope; black and white; mounted.
Condition good; complete.
References
Events
Description
Throughout the 18th century, microscopy remained essentially an amateur activity, the province of educated naturalists and gentlemen with time to explore the mysteries of science.
Instrument makers responded to the nature of the demand for their products with ingenious developments in design. This instrument is an example of a delicately made pocket microscope which could be dismantled and fitted into an attractive miniature case.
George Lindsay in London and John Clark in Edinburgh were mid-18th century instrument makers who made particularly fine examples of pocket microscopes.
30/08/2006
Created by: updated by Ruth Horry on 30/08/2006
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