The artist made this painting based on Moses Schallenberger's description of his cabin at Truckee Lake Camp (today known as Donner Lake). He described it as a windowless cabin twelve by fourteen feet, covered with rawhide and brush as a roof, with...
Reitzel, Marques R.; Artists; Farm buildings; Landscape paintings; Trees
Reitzel was a prolific artist who produced illustrations and etchings, but was primarily a painter. His son Marques R. Reitzel described how his father would create "exhibition" paintings, typically 5' x 7'. "He first sketched his...
Scientific apparatus and instruments; Anamorphosis (visual perception)--Instruments
Described as one of many "Fine Optical Toys" in James W. Queen's Catalogue of Microscopes, Accessories and Sundries, 1890, the anamorphoscope mirror rectifies distorted drawings. Physical Description: Cylindrical mirror, black wooden top...
Scientific apparatus and instruments; Santa Clara University (Calif.); Anamorphosis (visual perception)--Instruments
Described as one of many ""Fine Optical Toys"" in James W. Queen's Catalogue of Microscopes, Accessories and Sundries, 1890, the anamorphoscope mirror rectifies distorted drawings.