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Megalethoscope
Carlo Pontiabout 1862
The J. Paul Getty Museum
Los Angeles, United States
An optical viewing device for photographs which enlarges and adds apparent dimensionality to them. The photographs are applied to specially designed concave plates which are inserted into the viewer.
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Details
- Title: Megalethoscope
- Creator: Carlo Ponti
- Date Created: about 1862
- Location Created: Italy
- Physical Dimensions: 59.1 × 91.4 × 47 cm (23 1/4 × 36 × 18 1/2 in.)
- Type: Photographic equipment
- External Link: Find out more about this object on the Museum website.
- Medium: Wood, metal fixtures, and glass
- Terms of Use: Open Content
- Number: 86.XU.512
- Culture: Italian
- Credit Line: The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
- Creator Display Name: Carlo Ponti (Italian, born Switzerland, about 1823 - 1893)
- Classification: Photographs (Visual Works)
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