A blackened tinplate stereoscope with open sides, top and bottom
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1865
Materials
Tinplate, Brass, Glass
Measurements
90 x 160 x 145 mm
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Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1524963
Summary
A blackened tinplate wedge-shaped stereoscope with open sides, front and bottom. Tubular lenses set in brass with adjustable focal length. Open tray to insert stereoscopic image and hinged open metal carry handle.
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