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Two men and a boy read from a book, one man holds a magnifying glass. Line engraving by N. Cavalli after D. Maggiotto.
Domenico MaggiottoReference: 16312i
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A man looking through a magnifying glass at a picture of a monkey, whose flatulence extinguishes the flame of a candle; representing the pleasures of the sense of sight. Engraving, 17--.
Reference: 27128i- Pictures
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David ShrigleyDate: [2020]Reference: 3272405i
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Extracts from micrographia, or some physiological descriptions of minute bodies made by magnifying glasses : with observations and inquiries thereupon / by R. Hooke.
Robert HookeDate: 1894- Pictures
A young man, 'Sir Fopling Flutter' ogles women through a lens while a bailiff serves him a writ. Mezzotint, 1769, by J. Dixon after himself.
Dixon, John, 1720-1804.Date: 1769Reference: 16317i
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Five antiquaries look through magnifying glasses at objects. Coloured lithograph after L. Boilly, 1823.
Louis-Léopold BoillyDate: 1823Reference: 16324i- Pictures
A white-haired man, wearing a black bonnet and a fur-lined robe, reading a book with the aid of a magnifying glass. Engraving by G. Cattini after G.B. Piazzetta.
Giovanni Battista PiazzettaDate: [between 1700 and 1799]Reference: 31081i
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In a garden, men with wens look through magnifying glasses at round flowers. Coloured lithograph by Langlumé after E.J. Pigal, 1823.
Q3047679Date: 1823Reference: 16251i
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A kneeling figure is purified by the sunlight which falls through a magnifying glass held by an angel, representing consideration (meditation). Etching by J. Clark, 1720.
Clark, John, 1683-1736.Date: [1721]Reference: 29549i