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Stereoscopic Photograph (Albumen Prints, Hand Coloured) of a Living Tableau of 'Blind Man's Buff', 1850s or 1860s

Inventory Number 12001


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.12001

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: 'E. J. No. 1.' and pencil numbers; printed on card 'Blind Man's Buff.'.
Physical material
Card
Paper
Dimensions
Height: 82mm Width: 175mm Depth: 1mm Weight: 12g
Inventory No
12001
Accession Number
1973-22/4

Description

Stereoscopic albumen prints mounted on card, curved tops, hand coloured. Living tableau of figures playing blind man's buff in a crowded domestic interior, a man blindfolded.

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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).