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Bull's Eye Lantern

Charles Charon and Charlotte Winter

National Gallery of Art

The image displays a magnifying glass mounted on a decorative stand as the largest object. It is a detailed drawing using a monochromatic color palette of shades of gray to black on a cream-colored background. The magnifying glass is positioned upper center and held in a horizontal metal frame, mounted on an ornate stand in the central vertical space of the image. There is a smaller drawing of the object in the lower right corner providing an alternate perspective view.

Artwork Details

Date
c. 1936
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
3508 × 4485 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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