Description
A rare composition photograph of students with Auzoux model, skull, telescope, chemical and physical instrument, albumen print, circa 1880.
Large size photograph of 23x17cm glued on a cardboard 34×26,5cm.
The composition and variation of instruments represented are quite original : telescope, chemical apparatuses, skull, two physical/electrical instruments and one human anatomy model by Auzoux.
The number of students is also quit high : 18 people are in the composition.
No information about datation and origin but certainly French circa 1880.
Quite faded but nice and unusual.
Ask the Dealer
Dealer information
Le Zograscope
Established by Alexandre Piffault in 2014 and based in Paris at 5 rue de Condé, 75006, very close to Odéon, Le Zograscope specializes in antique and rare books in Science, Medicine and Technology, and rare antique instruments in the same fields. We have especially a strong interest in early and continental microscopy, early and special mathematical/drawing instruments, medical and surgical instrument, and rare technology.
Personnal website : https://www.lezograscope.com/