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Stereoscopic Photograph (Albumen Prints) of a 'Group of Mandarins' in Canton, China, Probably 1860s

Inventory Number 12531


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.12531

Item type
Object
Provenance
Presented by Beatrice M. Blackwood in 1966. Part of a collection of stereoscopic photographs that belonged to the artist, travel writer, and folklorist Estella Canziani (1887-1964).
Primary inscriptions
Printed back of mount.
Physical material
Paper
Card
Dimensions
Height: 84mm Width: 174mm
Inventory No
12531
Accession Number
1966-147

Description

Stereoscopic albumen prints mounted on fawn card, rounded corners. Good stereoscopic effect. From the series 'Views in China'. One of two (see 12532).

One of four early oriental stereoscopic photographs from the collection of Estella Canziani.