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Stereoscopic Photograph (Albumen Print) of a Dock with Small Boat, 1850s or 1860s

Inventory Number 11989


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.11989

Item type
Object
Provenance
Presented by Professor O. R. Gurney in 1973. They probably belonged to his father Robert Gurney, who was from Norfolk, and ultimately to Arthur Aldred of Great Yarmouth.
Primary inscriptions
Inscribed on back: 'A. A. No 10.'
Physical material
Card
Paper
Dimensions
Height: 81mm Width: 174mm Depth: 1mm Weight: 9g
Inventory No
11989
Accession Number
1973-22/4

Description

Stereoscopic albumen print (single print) mounted on card. View of a dock on a river or harbour, with small craft, a town beyond, and a suspension bridge left. Probably Great Yarmouth.

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Part of a group of 35 stereoscopic photographs (all albumen prints), chiefly genre scenes, living tableaux, and story sequences, and topographical subjects, both commercial and private. They belonged to Arthur Aldred, most being initialled and numbered on the back, and one of them inscribed: "A. Aldred Esqr | Dene House | Gt. Yarmouth" (probably the house depicted in the photograph); number 1 is a family group. With them as acquired were stereoscopic photographs of birds of later date, now catalogued separately (92612).