Achromatic stereoscope with case and 17 stereo viewing photograph cards

Made:: 1860-1870 in London

maker:: R and J Beck

Achromatic stereoscope with 17 pictures in case by R. & J. Beck, London, c.1865.

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Category:: Optics

Object Number:: 1928-869

type:: stereoscope

credit:: Court, Thomas Henry

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Brewster type achromatic stereoscope

early Brewster type achromatic stereoscope by R. & J. Beck, London, England, with picture slide, titled 'Irish Scenery' (1 of 17), c. 1865.

Measurements:: overall: 120 mm x 170 mm x 180 mm, , .745kg

Materials:: mahogany (wood) , wood (unidentified) , metal (unknown) , copper (alloy) , brass (copper, zinc alloy) , glass and leather

Object Number:: 1928-869/1

type:: stereoscope

Case for achromatic stereoscope

Case for Achromatic stereoscope by R. & J. Beck, London, England, c.1865.

Object Number:: 1928-869/2

type:: case - container

Stereo photographic prints for achromatic stereoscope

Assorted selection of 16 of 17 stereo photographic print slides for stereoscope by R. & J. Beck, London, England, 1860-1870. Slides captioned as following: - (1&2) President Mc Kinley at the head of the Council Table cabinet room.. copyright 1905...by Underwood Underwood, (3) No.53, 15 (gardens), (4) No.19, 1915 (tree), (5) No.44, 1915 (Doorway), (6) No.93, 1915 (Archway), (7) Gt. Bookham by C.W. Adshead, (8) Church of the Holy Trinity, Stratford-on-Avon, (9) no title (stream in wood), (10) Castle Rock, North Walk, Lynton, by William Palmer, Lynton, (11) Ruins of archbishop's palace, Mayfield, Sussex, by Fox, Brighton, (12) Valley of (...?), Lynton, (13) International Exhibition of 1862 (London Stereoscopic & Photographic Co.- maker, W.H. Mason, Brighton - retailer), (14) No title (man in field with two donkeys), 15....(?) Church (churchyard in snow)