Reading Glasses
1750-1800 / Glass / John Wesley / Object / Organic / Other
Horn, glass, metal, wood
c. 1770-80
The smaller pair of glasses in its original case was owned by John Wesley.
The first eyeglasses were developed in Northern Italy in the second half of the 1200s; by the 1700s, spectacles were common. Wesley's type of glasses, with arms passing over the ears, and similar to modern spectacles, was developed sometime in the 1720s.
c. 1770-80
The smaller pair of glasses in its original case was owned by John Wesley.
The first eyeglasses were developed in Northern Italy in the second half of the 1200s; by the 1700s, spectacles were common. Wesley's type of glasses, with arms passing over the ears, and similar to modern spectacles, was developed sometime in the 1720s.
