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Stereoscopic Photograph (Albumen Prints) of the Steam Ship 'Great Eastern' Under Construction, View on Deck, by Robert Howlett, 1857

Inventory Number 12471


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.12471

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: 174mm
Inventory No
12471

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, 12470).