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Stereoscopic Photograph (Albumen Prints) of the Steam Ship 'Great Eastern' Under Construction, Showing Officers by the Funnel, by Robert Howlett, 1857

Inventory Number 12470


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.12470

Item type
Object
Provenance
From the collection of P. H. Carpenter.
Primary inscriptions
Printed back of mount.
Physical material
Paper
Card
Dimensions
Height: 83mm Width: 172mm
Inventory No
12470

Description

Stereoscopic albumen prints mounted on yellow card, curved tops. Good stereoscopic effect. From the series 'The Great Eastern In the Stereoscope'. One of Howlett's famous series showing the construction of Brunel's Great Eastern (see 12468, 12469, 12471).