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Stereoscopic Photograph (Albumen Prints) of the Clarendon Building and Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford, c.1860

Inventory Number 56099


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.56099

Item type
Object
Provenance
Presented by Miss Bridget Bertie in 1960. Belonged originally to C. M. Bertie.
Primary inscriptions
Printed label on back: 'Broad Street & Clarendon. | From the west.'; inscribed 'C.M.B'.
Physical material
Paper
Card
Dimensions
Height: 84mm Width: 173mm
Inventory No
56099
Accession Number
1960-106

Description

Stereoscopic albumen prints mounted on card, curved tops. The Clarendon Building and front part of the Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford, with Broad Street in the foreground, a small barrow, and several diminutive figures. The individual photographs are about 3 by 2½ inches, and the card 3¼ by 6¾ inches.

Part of a collection of stereoscopic photographs in three boxes (boxes not retained), accompanying a small stereoscopic viewer (xxx).