A Holmes type stereoscope viewer
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1890 - 1910
Materials
Wood, Metal, Glass, Textile
Measurements
100 x 130 x 310 mm
Collection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1520678.1
Summary
A Holmes type stereoscope viewer, detachable into 4 parts, made from polished wood, brass, light metal and felt. The viewer is marked with PAT'D April 20 1897. The light coloured thin metal around the eye piece is patterned.
Provenance
Part of the Fenton Collection. A gift from British Film Institute in 2017. From 1986-1999, part of BFI collection for the Museum of the Moving Image. BFI purchased collection in 1986 from James Fenton's Museum of Photography, Port Erin, Isle of Man 1976-1986