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Photograph
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Photograph
- Place of origin:
Great Britain, UK (possibly, made)
- Date:
1860-1870 (made)
- Artist/Maker:
Unknown (production)
- Materials and Techniques:
Albumen print mounted on glass
- Museum number:
E.1634-1992
- 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.
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.
Subjects Depicted
The still life is a traditional subject for paintings. It was translated into the new medium of photography as a suitable pictorial subject. Here the various art objects include statuettes, a painting and some stereographs. A hand-held stereoscope, designed for viewing stereographs, is visible in the group to the left of the angel statuette.
