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A bride at her looking glass
James Elliott - Enlarge image
A bride at her looking glass
- Object:
Photograph
- Place of origin:
Great Britain, UK (made)
- Date:
1855-1860 (made)
- Artist/Maker:
James Elliott (maker)
underwood and underwood (publishers) - Materials and Techniques:
Albumen print mounted on glass
- Museum number:
E.1626-1992
- Gallery location:
Prints & Drawings Study Room, level H, case X, shelf 546, box A
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. Sometimes, as here, stereographs were coloured by hand in paints or inks to make them more enticing and life-like.
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
In this image a bride is seen looking into an ornate, gilded mirror. Only the reflection of her face is visible. It is a depiction of a presumably private moment which we might not normally expect to see. However, the camera has allowed us to spy on this event. Domestic, moral or private scenes were typical subjects of popular stereographs.
