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Stereoscopic Photograph (Albumen Print) of a Sculpted or Pottery Figure Group, 1850s or 1860s

Inventory Number 12005


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.12005

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 7'; printed label: 'Peasant Family.'.
Physical material
Card
Paper
Dimensions
Height: 84mm Width: 172mm Depth: 1mm Weight: 13g
Inventory No
12005
Accession Number
1973-22/4

Description

Stereoscopic albumen print (single print) mounted on card, curved top to each half. A figure group, either a sculpture or a pottery figurine, of a young couple and child.

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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).