He shrunk a 680-letter memorial plaque to the size of a pencil tip while keeping every character crystal clear under magnification. John Benjamin Dancer was an optical instrument maker in his ...

Artist Paul Chiappe, 27, spends up to two months at a time sketching the miniature portraits, some as small as 2mm, simply using a pencil.

Double postcard of the massive State Hospital Number 3. It was the largest building west of the Mississippi when it opened in 1887. The book contains almost 300 pencil drawings done on official ...