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Stereoscopic Photograph (Albumen Prints) of the Steam Ship 'Great Eastern' (Here Called 'The Leviathan') Under Construction, Showing Workmen and Pumping Machinery, by Robert Howlett and George Downes, London, 1857

Inventory Number 12469


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.12469

Item type
Object
Provenance
From the collection of P. H. Carpenter.
Primary inscriptions
Printed label on back of mount.
Physical material
Paper
Card
Dimensions
Height: 84mm Width: 171mm
Inventory No
12469

Description

Stereoscopic albumen prints mounted on card. From Howlett's famous series showing the construction of Brunel's Great Eastern (see 12468, 12470, 12471).