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Stereoscopic Photograph (Albumen Print) of a Church or Cathedral, 1850s or 1860s

Inventory Number 12008

Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.12008

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 9' and 'St[?] Vincent & Paul'.
Physical material
Card
Paper
Dimensions
Height: 85mm Width: 174mm Depth: 1mm Weight: 6g
Inventory No
12008
Accession Number
1973-22/4

Description

Stereoscopic albumen print (single print) mounted on card. Large building with neo-classical portico and two turrets, presumably a church or cathedral.

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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).

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