Camera lucida

Unlock your artistic potential with a camera lucida. Learn how to create accurate and detailed drawings using this innovative tool. Enhance your drawing skills and bring your imagination to life.
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I got a bee in my bonnet about Cameras Lucidae and Obscurae this morning. They are simple devices used to transfer images to a drawing surface. The ad above is the most widely known variety of Camera Lucida, a cheap and flimsy model which I saw once in a thrift store and decided it was too crappy to waste half a buck on. It is a pretty fanciful depiction, as the posture of the artist is considerably different from the peering through a hole that you must do to use it properly. Also, it…

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David Yaxley…Ravenswood Landscape and Architecture Design Group
Camera Lucida - 1817 Encyclopedia Page | The camera lucida was introduced by William Hyde Wollaston in 1807. Iphone, Art, Camera Lucida, Encyclopedia, Page, Camera Obscura, Machine, Wollaston, Box

The camera lucida was introduced by William Hyde Wollaston in 1807. In spite of the name it is not a room/chamber/box at all but a prism device that enables the user to see the object and the drawing paper superimposed. It has been used in several different forms since the early 19th century to aid drawing by artists and users of microscopes. This encyclopedia page showing several models of the camera lucida is dated 1817.

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Thet Naing