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Photograph - The Queen's entrance to Windsor Castle

The Queen's entrance to Windsor Castle

  • Object:

    Photograph

  • Date:

    1860-1870 (made)

  • Artist/Maker:

    Unknown (production)

  • Materials and Techniques:

    Albumen print mounted on glass

  • Museum number:

    E.1533-1992

  • Gallery location:

    Prints & Drawings Study Room, level H, case X, shelf 546

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Object Type
A stereograph is a pair of photographic images of the same subject taken from slightly different angles. This gives the illusion of a single three-dimensional image when viewed through a stereoscope designed to hold it.

Ownership & Use
Stereographs were mass-produced. Viewing them was a popular amusement carried out in the home from the 1850s until the early 20th century.

Subject Depicted
This stereograph shows the entrance to Windsor Castle used by Queen Victoria. The solid and imposing architecture is given a sense of scale by the small soldier standing guard in the sentry box to the left of the entrance.

Date

1860-1870 (made)

Artist/maker

Unknown (production)

Materials and Techniques

Albumen print mounted on glass

Dimensions

Height: 8.4 cm, Width: 17.4 cm

Object history note

Stereoscope made by Underwood & Underwood, New York, USA; stereographs by unknown photographer (British?, 19th century)

Descriptive line

Stereoscopic Photograph of 'The Queen's Entrance to Windsor Castle'

Labels and date

British Galleries:
STEREOSCOPE AND STEREOGRAPHS

Various dates, 1854-1901

This stereoscope is typical of those used in Victorian homes for education and amusement. Stereographs (paired photographs taken from slightly different angles) were placed in the holder and then adjusted until the viewer saw the scene in three dimensions. [27/03/2003]

Categories

Royalty; Architecture; Photographs

Collection code

PDP

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