Drawing Machines

An archive of optical/mechanical/automated drawing machines/devices/aids

Physiognomy

Tracing the human form, directly from humans.

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Silhouettograph

Archibald Williams

1917

Stéréographe (Cranial Tracing Device)

Alfred Molteni

Circa 1860

Profile Machine

Carl Augustus Schmalcalder

1806

Physiognotrace

Gilles-Louis Chretien

1786

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