- Subject
- Photography
- Item type
- Object
- Provenance
- Purchased from R. S. Clay in 1944. Part of the Clay Collection.
- Primary inscriptions
- Inscription on back: '10/'.
- Dimensions
- Height: 85mm Width: 174mm
- Inventory No
- 72418
- Accession Number
- 1944-1
Description
Stereoscopic daguerreotype, enclosed in black tape with black mat with gold borders and curved tops. A sculpture or figurine of a classical female nude reclining on a beast, on a pedestal. No markings (except what may be the price written on the back), but probably French (the gold border being typical).
It is not possible to tell whether the subject is a large marble sculpture or a small statuette or porcelain figurine. A similar subject (but not the same) appears in the stereoscopic collodion positive 14755. Versions of the figure, representing Ariadne on a panther, though sometimes entitled Voluptuousness, were produced by various ceramic manufacturers.
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