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Opticians

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Allied Health Occupations

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Images from the collections

Images about Opticians

44 images from works
  • Diagram of an eye
  • A selection of glass eyes from an opticians glas eye case. Possibly made by E. Muller of Liverpool.
  • An old man trying on spectacles at a street vendor's optical shop. Woodcut by J. Amman, 1568.
  • Whist Card advertising Hammond's Optical Service
  • A selection of glass eyes from an opticians glas eye case. Possibly made by E. Muller of Liverpool.
  • Private rooms for sight testing and spectacle fitting / Albert Hagon Ltd.
  • A small case of false eyes, white glass, with blood vessels in red, and vari-coloured lenses. Made by W. Halford of London.
  • Women grind glass lenses while two customers try spectacles on. Coloured line engraving, 1799.
  • A small case of false eyes, white glass, with blood vessels in red, and vari-coloured lenses. Made by W. Halford of London.
  • An Optometer on a pillar stand
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Works from the collections

79 works

    • Ephemera

    Caring for your health : family doctors, dentists, pharmacists, opticians / Merton, Sutton & Wandsworth Family Health Services Authority.

    | Date: [1991?]
    • Digital Images
    • Online

    Diagram of an eye

    • Digital Images
    • Online

    A selection of glass eyes from an opticians glas eye case. Possibly made by E. Muller of Liverpool.

    • Books

    Charles Keeler.

    | Keeler, Charles. | Date: 1993
    • Ephemera

    Baker's cash chemists and opticians : 87, 89 Shields Rd., Newcastle-on-Tyne : dealers in photographic materials & surgical appliances.

    | Baker's Cash Chemists (Newcastle upon Tyne, England) | Date: [1911]
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Related topics

Eyeglasses
Prostheses and Implants
Eye colour
Artificial
Ophthalmic
Lens
Vision Tests
London
United Kingdom
Sunglasses

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