Almost
the first use to which stereoscopic photography was put was recording museum
works of art. Fine photographers, for example Roger Fenton, William England,
Charles E. Goodman and T.R. Williams, were employed by the British Museum
and others to provide a three dimensional record of their exhibits. Therefore
most of the views on these pages date from the 1850s and are of very high
quality as regards lighting, presentation and processing. Over 90 fresh
views were added on 12 April 2006 and this section now extends to TWO pages.
To be on the safe side I have graded many as grade 8 when they would probably
be 9.
Many
of the works illustrate the nude female form - the only socially acceptable
method of viewing in Victorian times. This had unfortunate repercussions
in the case of John Ruskin who, having been brought up on classical statuary,
was horrified on his wedding night to discover that his wife, on disrobing,
sported hair on places other than her head. He never consummated his marriage
and when the marriage was annulled on the grounds of non-consummation,
his wife Effie Gray found solace in the arms of the artist Millais, married
him and bore him eight children, so they definately consummated theirs.
'Struggle for the Heart by
Fiaminga'.
Condition. Very slight crease
in center.
Order #131.
Price $8.
Untitled version of 'Struggle
for the Heart by Fiaminga'.
Condition 8.
Order #132.
Price $8.
'Puck. From the original model
in the Exhibition. 1851'.
Condition 8.
Order #133.
Price $10.
'Burns Cottage Children'. London
Stereo blindstamp.
Condition 8.
Order #134.
Price $8.
'Reflection'.
Condition 8.
Order #135.
Price $8.
'Little Red Riding Hood, by
Woolmer'. London Stereo blindstamp.
Condition 8.
Order #136.
Price $8.
'Playfulness', from the original
statuette by George Halse'.
Condition 8.
Order #137.
Price $8.
'Cain and Abel'.
Condition 8.
Order #138.
Price $8.
Untitled but is 'The Hop Picker'.
Condition 8 but one soft bent
corner.
Order #139.
Price $6.
'The Hop Picker'.
Condition 7.
Order #140.
Price $6.
'Queen Victoria'.
Condition 8.
Order #141.
Price $12.
'Prince Albert'.
Condition. Several processing
fingerprints on left image and one on right image.
Order #142.
Price $6.
'The Maid of Athens by Edgar
Papworth Sen. The original in the collection of HRH The Prince Consort'.
Condition 7.
Order #143.
Price $6.
'Wellington'.
Condition 8.
Order #144.
Price $10.
An early view of the 'Iron
Duke'. Wellington died in 1852 and I doubt whether he was very 'late' when
this view was produced.
Condition 7.
Order #145.
Price $8.
Untitled. Is this Cicero?
Condition. Difference in images
views out.
Order #146.
Price $6.
'The Rev. C.H. Spurgeon'. Spurgeon
was an American evangelical preacher who drew huge crowds to his sermons
in Europe. Click HERE
for more information.
Condition. Difference in images
views out.
Order #147.
Price $12.
'General Sir H. Havelock C.B.'.
Who? I hear you ask. Click HERE
to be enlightened.
Condition 7.
Order #148.
Price $8.
B.K., Paris. Moliere by J.
Pradier.
Condition 7.
Order #150.
Price $5.
'Lurline'. London Stereoscopic
blindstamp.
Condition 8.
Order #6301.
Price $8.
'Dorothea by Bell'.
Condition 7.
Order #6304.
Price $6.
Untitled version of Dorothea
by Bell.
Condition. Difference in images
views out.
Order #6305.
Price $8.
Underwood/Bierstadt. 'Bathing
Girl'.
Condition 8.
Order #6309.
Price $5.
'Venus'. Later view.
Condition 7.
Order #6310.
Price $4.
Untitled - is this Rebecca
at the well?
Condition 8/9.
Order #6314.
Price $8.
A short run of views by William England - superb quality.
'Gems of Statuary photographed
by William England. The Bather in Meditation by ???tardon'.
Condition 8/9.
Order #6315.
Price $18.
'Gems of Statuary photographed
by William England. The Bather. Marble figure by Luchini'.
Condition 8/9.
Order #6316.
Price $18.
'Gems of Statuary photographed
by William England. Musing by J. Lawlor'.
Condition 8/9.
Order #6317.
Price $18.
'Gems of Statuary photographed
by William England. Dalilah. Marble statue by B. Frison. France'.
Condition 8/9.
Order #6318.
Price $18.
'Pysche Veiled'.
Condition 8.
Order #6319.
Price $8.
'Eve at the Fountain'. Alexis
Fay retailer's stamp.
Condition 8/9.
Order #6321.
Price $10.
'Eve Tempted'.
Condition 8.
Order #6323.
Price $8.
Goodman. 'Psyche'.
Condition 9.
Order #6324.
Price $15.
'Resignation'.
Condition 8.
Order #6325.
Price $8.
Goodman 'Resignation'.
Condition 9.
Order #6326.
Price $15.
'Sea Nymph'.
Condition 8.
Order #6327.
Price $8.
Untitled.
Condition 7.
Order #6329.
Price $8.
'Sabrina'.
Condition 9.
Order #6330.
Price $8.
Handwritten 'The Minstrel'.
London Stereoscopic blindstamp.
Condition 9.
Order #6331.
Price $10.
Untitled.
Condition 8.
Order #6332.
Price $8.
'Burns Highland Mary'.
Condition 7.
Order #6334.
Price $6.
'The First-Born'.
Condition 8.
Order #6336.
Price $10.
'Ino and Bacchus'.
Condition 8.
Order #6337.
Price $8.
Goodman 'Ino and Bacchus'.
Condition. Processing mark
on left image.
Order #6339.
Price $12.
Handwritten 'Mother and Child'
(Ino and Bacchus).
Condition 9.
Order #6340.
Price $10.
