Mirror
date: label: date made
content: nineteenth century
notes: label: Description
content: Rectangular black glass mirror in an ornate union case with brass hinges. The “MCALLISTER / PHILADA” inscription on the front of the case refers to a family that sold optical goods and other scientific apparatus from around 1840 to the 1890s.
label: Description
content: Mirrors of this sort were available in England by the 1760s. They were later associated with Claude Lorrain, as they formed and framed images like the landscapes painted by that seventeenth century French artist.
label: Description
content: Ref: D. J. Warner, “The Landscape Mirror and Glass,” <i>Antiques</i> (Jan. 1975): 158-159.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Science & Scientific Instruments
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: United States Miltary Academy
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PH.315420
label: catalog number
content: 315420
label: accession number
content: 217544
objectType: label: Object Name
content: mirror
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 1/2 in x 6 1/2 in; 21.59 cm x 16.51 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 9 in x 7 in x 7/8 in; 22.86 cm x 17.78 cm x 2.2225 cm