The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700
confused picture [used with optical equipment] [ARK00072]
Attached People: Collector (major) - Bargrave, John (1610-1680)Location(s): Past Location at - Canterbury Cathedral Library and Archives (Library and/or Archive) -> Canterbury Cathedral (Institution)
Annotation:[Canterbury Catalog: Object now missing from collection. However, original description gives impression of some sort of optical illusion in which a specially made prism makes sense of the drawing. ''a picture in a frame, of confused work; but a cylinder being placed on the square for its pedestal, there you shall see an emperor on horseback, and, if you moove your head up and down, the horse will seem to trott".] (missing) (approx early - mid 17th cent)