Stereoscopic Photograph (Albumen Glass Transparency) of Chartres Cathedral, French, Mid 19th Century

Subject: Photography
Item type: Object
Provenance: Presented by the Radcliffe Infirmary in 1931. Originally belonging to W. B. Carpenter.
Primary inscriptions: Scratched on cover glass: 'Chartres Cathedral'; printed and manuscript label: 'No. 98 | portion du | portrais dela | cathedrale | chartres'.
Physical material: Glass; Paint; Paper
Dimensions: Height: 8mm Width: 175mm Depth: 89mm Weight: 207g
Inventory No: 17386
Accession Number: 1931-20

Description

Architectural detail of porch and part of buttressed side of Chartres Cathedral. Gold-edged, curved-top mat.

One of 8 stereoscopic transparencies accompanying a viewer that belonged to W. B. Carpenter.