- Subject
- Photography
- Item type
- Object
- Makers
- Smith & Beck
- Provenance
- Presented by Henry Minn. Presumably acquired by Minn from Miss Acland, and originally belonging to Sir Henry Acland.
- Primary inscriptions
- Ivory plaque with maker's name: 'Smith & Beck | 6 Coleman Strt | London'.
- Other inscriptions
- Later ivory plaque [added in the Museum by R. T. Gunther]: 'Sir H. Acland's | Lenticular Stereoscope | David Brewster inv. 1849. | Pres. by H. Minn.'.
- Object type
- Stereoscope
- Dimensions
- Height: 157mm Width: 212mm Depth: 100mm Weight: 339g
- Inventory No
- 63293
Description
Wooden stereoscope with two copper alloy eyepieces with glass lenses on one end of the viewer, and a glass plate on the other. There is a small door on one side with an ivory handle and copper alloy hinges, that shows the interior of the stereoscope, which is lined in black velvet.
