Vendors of spectacles and their customers in the street, ca. 1600. Colour oleograph after W.F. Soare.

Rochester, N.Y. : Bausch & Lomb Optical Co., [between 1900 and 1999] (Litho in U.S.A. : Einson-Freeman Co. Inc. N.Y.)

1 print : oleograph, printed in colours ; sheet 49.8 x 39.1 cm

In Europe, from the 14th to 17th Centuries, street vendors sold crude spectacles, both for adornment and as an aid to vision. W.F. Soare Einson-Freeman Co. Inc. N.Y.

Wellcome Collection 2897052i