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Stereoscopic Photograph (Daguerreotype) of a Married Couple, by J. J. E. Mayall, 1850s

Inventory Number 45130


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.45130

Item type
Object
Provenance
Purchased from R. S. Clay in 1944. Part of the Clay Collection.
Primary inscriptions
Photographer's printed label on back: 'Mayall's | Photographic Portrait Galleries, | 224, Regent Street, | (Corner of Argyle Place) | London. | Open and free admission from ten till dusk. | Communications to be addressed to the Secretary.'.
Physical material
Copper
Glass
Paper
Dimensions
Height: 84mm Width: 175mm
Inventory No
45130
Accession Number
1944-1

Description

Stereoscopic daguerreotype, enclosed in black tape with black ?painted mat with curved tops. A man and woman (evidently a married couple), seated closely together nearly full length, he leaning on his elbow and with legs crossed; tinted. Photographer's printed label on back (same wording as 70831).