Box of Ten Stereo Daguerreotypes

Set of 10 stereo daguerreotype in a wooden box. Distributed by Carpenter and Westley, 24 Regent Street, London.

Details

Category:
Photographs
Collection:
Jane and Howard Ricketts Collection
Object Number:
1990-5037/A103
type:
daguerreotype
credit:
The Ricketts Collection at the National Media Museum, Bradford

Parts

Articles of Virtú

Articles of Virtú

A hand-coloured stereoscopic daguerreotype of a still life, including a guitar, a carving of two cherubs, a small cased sculpture, flowers, vase and a stereoscopic viewer entitled 'Articles of Virtú', taken by Thomas Richard Williams (1825-1871), in about 1855 and sold by Carpenter and Westley.

Measurements:
overall: 84 mm x 175 mm
Materials:
copper (alloy)
Object Number:
1990-5037/A103/1
type:
daguerreotype and stereo
Sculpture of a Slave Girl

Sculpture of a Slave Girl

Stereo daguerreotype sculpture of a slave girl, by unknown photographer.

Object Number:
1990-5037/A103/2
type:
daguerreotype
Still Life With Skull, Glasses, Candle etc

Still Life With Skull, Glasses, Candle etc

Stereo daguerreotype of a still life with a skull, glasses, candle etc., by T R Williams.

Object Number:
1990-5037/A103/3
type:
daguerreotype
Snake With Open Mouth Wrapped Around a Tree

Snake With Open Mouth Wrapped Around a Tree

Stereo daguerreotype of a snake with an open mouth wrapped around a tree, by unknown photographer.

Object Number:
1990-5037/A103/4
type:
daguerreotype
Elaborate Vase With Flowers

Elaborate Vase With Flowers

Stereo daguerreotype of an elaborate vase with flowers, by unknown photographer.

Object Number:
1990-5037/A103/5
type:
daguerreotype
Taxidermied Owl

Taxidermied Owl

Stereo daguerreotype of a taxidermied owl, by unknown photographer.

Object Number:
1990-5037/A103/6
type:
daguerreotype
The Three Graces

The Three Graces

Stereo daguerreotype of Neo-Classical sculpture 'The Three Graces', by unknown photographer.

Object Number:
1990-5037/A103/7
type:
daguerreotype
Sculpture of a Lion Attacking a Horse and Rider

Sculpture of a Lion Attacking a Horse and Rider

Stereo daguerreotype of Neo-Classical sculpture of a lion attacking a horse and rider, by unknown photographer.

Object Number:
1990-5037/A103/8
type:
daguerreotype
Clorinde

Clorinde

Stereo daguerreotype of 'Clorinde', a nineteenth century sculpture of a woman warrior with a raised axe, by unknown photographer.

Object Number:
1990-5037/A103/9
type:
daguerreotype
Carved Wooden Sculpure of Peasants

Carved Wooden Sculpure of Peasants

Stereo daguerreotype of two peasants, a seventeenth century sculpture in German box wood, by unknown photographer.

Object Number:
1990-5037/A103/10
type:
daguerreotype