THE LOOK of early portrait lenses

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What is the Petzval design and what makes it extremely unique? Essentially a swirling effect in the out of focus areas of the lens.

Petzval lenses were designed in 1830 when exposure times were up to 30 minutes in daylight. A lens suitable for photographing portraits of people was needed. So the Petzval lens was designed to be faster than the earlier Chevallier designs, but it traded off having a corrected field curvature. This is an interesting lens that has some interesting "swirling effects" in the bokeh areas.

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Lomography Petzval 55mm MKII https://shop.lomography.com/en/lenses/petzval-55-art-lens
Lomography Petzval 80.5mm MKII https://shop.lomography.com/en/lenses/petzval-80-5-art-lens

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