Model of Human Eye
name: label: maker
content: Auzoux, Louis
notes: label: Description
content: This large papier mache model of a human eye was made in the Auzoux factory in Normandy, France. It has several detachable parts, and an inked inscription that reads “Auzoux Doct. / fecit anno 1856.” The Smithsonian bought this in 1895, probably paying $20 (duty free). There was obviously a fairly long lapse between production and sale.
label: Description
content: Ref: James W. Queen & Co. <i>Catalogue of Anatomical Models, Charts and Osteological Preparations</i> (Philadelphia, 1886), p. 7.
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.317841.01
label: catalog number
content: 317841.01
label: accession number
content: 29042
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Model, Eye, Anatomical
label: Object Name
content: model, anatomical, eye
label: Object Name
content: model, anatomical, human eye
label: Other Terms
content: Model, Eye, Anatomical; Medicine
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 3/4 in x 15 in x 13 1/2 in; 14.605 cm x 38.1 cm x 34.29 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall, cristillin: 1 1/4 in x 2 in; 3.175 cm x 5.08 cm