A hand stereoscope in a figured walnut body
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1860 - 1870
Materials
Wood, Brass, Glass
Measurements
105 x 186 x 150 mm
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1524961
Summary
A hand stereoscope in a figured walnut body. The view may be used for either prints or transparencies: at the rear is a ground glass screen and the top flap has a mirror to increase lighting. The lenses are fixed focus and are mounted in glass. The manufacture is uncertain but probably the London Stereoscopic Company.
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