File:Camera obscura2.jpg

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Description Illustration of camera obscura from "Sketchbook on military art, including geometry, fortifications, artillery, mechanics, and pyrotechnics"
Date 17th century
date QS:P,+1650-00-00T00:00:00Z/7
Source Library of Congress[1] (image 500 of 601),[2]
Author unknown, possibly Italian. The background shows Brunelleschi's Duomo, Florence.
Other versions Restored version of File:Camera obscura unrestored.jpg. Rotated and cropped. Stains, dirt, and ink bleed removed. Color balanced and histogram adjusted.
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