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Design: Camera Obscura, from Encyclopédie by A. J. Defehrt — VisualArtsDB

Design: Camera Obscura, from Encyclopédie

Design: Camera Obscura, from Encyclopédie

1762–1777

Medium: Engraving on cream laid paper
Dimensions: 40 × 26 cm (15 3/4 × 10 1/4 in.)
Genre: Etching
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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printprints and drawingetchingpaper (fiber product)

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