1. | ![]() | Unidentified photographer (American) 1840s-1860s [Stereoscopic Portrait of Man Holding Stereoscopic Viewer, Franz Friedrich] Daguerreotype, stereo 6.3 x 4.5 cm (2 1/2 x 1 3/4 ins ) each Metropolitan Museum of Art Gift of Mr. and Mrs. F.S. Sander, 1968, Accession Number: 68.552.7 Inscription: inscribed in ink on label attached to back of photograph: "Onkel Franz Friedrich // als jüngerer Mann // geb. Melnik, Böhmen 1829?" |
2. | ![]() | Antoine Claudet 1853 Self-Portrait with His Son Francis Daguerreotype, stereo, two 1/6 plates 2 11/16 x 2 1/4 in J. Paul Getty Museum The J. Paul Getty Trust (84.XT.266.10) |
3. | ![]() | Antoine Claudet 1855 (ca) Portrait of a lady Daguerreotype, stereo Stereographica - Antique Photographica Courtesy of Bryan and Page Ginns (#15 / 100) The image is in excellent condition with original seal intact and housed in the original slip case with "Claudet" and the Royal Coat of Arms embossed in gilt on the exterior. Claudet is considered one of the early masters of Stereo Daguerreotypy. Although French by birth he practiced his art almost exclusively in London. His work is distinctive for it's high quality and superb tinting. Fine examples of his work are highly collectable. |
4. | ![]() | Antoine Claudet n.d. Portrait of a little girl Daguerreotype, stereo Stereographica - Antique Photographica Courtesy of Bryan and Page Ginns (Sept 25, 2010, / 112) |
5. | ![]() | Alexis Gouin 1851 (ca) Portrait of Alexandre Dumas Daguerreotype, colored and gilded, stereoscopic 0.67 x 0.125 m Musée d'Orsay © R.M.N., Acquired with the collaboration of the Commission nationale de la photographie |
6. | ![]() | T.R. Williams 1855 British Army Officer Daguerreotype, stereo, hand-coloured National Science and Media Museum The Royal Photographic Society, Ref Number: 2003-5001/2/20898 |
7. | ![]() | T.R. Williams 1850s [Woman with Chair and Fan] Daguerreotype, Stereo 6.5 x 5 cm (2 9/16 x 1 15/16 ins ) each Metropolitan Museum of Art Gift of Walter T. Spencer, 1966, Accession Number: 66.633.3a Inscription: stamped on case: "[insignia] // BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT // IMPROVED PORTABLE STEREOSCOPE // KILBURN 222 REGENT ST" |
8. | ![]() | Louis Jules Duboscq n.d. French stereo Daguerreotype of a wash stand with various porcelain objects. Daguerreotype Stereographica - Antique Photographica Courtesy of Bryan and Page Ginns (#16/88) The image is likely by Jules Dubosq. |
9. | ![]() | Louis Jules Duboscq n.d. French stereo Daguerreotype of a wash stand with various porcelain objects. Daguerreotype Stereographica - Antique Photographica Courtesy of Bryan and Page Ginns (#16/88) The image is likely by Jules Dubosq. |
10. | ![]() | Alexandre Bertrand n.d. Hand-colored stereo daguerreotype of a young woman seated by table Daguerreotype, stereo, front Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs Courtesy of Christopher Wahren Resealed with original artist's label on reverse of mount. |
11. | ![]() | Alexandre Bertrand n.d. Hand-colored stereo daguerreotype of a young woman seated by table Daguerreotype, stereo, detail Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs Courtesy of Christopher Wahren Resealed with original artist's label on reverse of mount. |
12. | ![]() | Alexandre Bertrand n.d. Hand-colored stereo daguerreotype of a young woman seated by table Daguerreotype, stereo, back label Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs Courtesy of Christopher Wahren Resealed with original artist's label on reverse of mount. |
13. | ![]() | Alexandre Bertrand n.d. Portrait of a standing woman holding a folio book Daguerreotype, stereo, front Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs Courtesy of Christopher Wahren Resealed with original artist's label on reverse of mount. |
14. | ![]() | Alexandre Bertrand n.d. Portrait of a standing woman holding a folio book Daguerreotype, stereo, detail Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs Courtesy of Christopher Wahren Resealed with original artist's label on reverse of mount. |
15. | ![]() | Alexandre Bertrand n.d. Portrait of a standing woman holding a folio book Daguerreotype, stereo, back label Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs Courtesy of Christopher Wahren Resealed with original artist's label on reverse of mount. |
16. | ![]() | Trutpert Schneider & Sons n.d. A group standing by the gate of a palatial dwelling Daguerreotype, stereo Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs Courtesy of Christopher Wahren Housed as found in one of Schneider's Mascher-style viewing cases, image resealed. With applied hand coloring in flesh, red and blue, gilt paper mat impressed "STEREOSCOP VON T. SCHNEIDER UND SOEHNE." |
17. | ![]() | Trutpert Schneider & Sons n.d. A group standing by the gate of a palatial dwelling Daguerreotype, stereo Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs Courtesy of Christopher Wahren Housed as found in one of Schneider's Mascher-style viewing cases, image resealed. With applied hand coloring in flesh, red and blue, gilt paper mat impressed "STEREOSCOP VON T. SCHNEIDER UND SOEHNE." |
18. | ![]() | Trutpert Schneider & Sons n.d. A group standing by the gate of a palatial dwelling Daguerreotype, stereo Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs Courtesy of Christopher Wahren Housed as found in one of Schneider's Mascher-style viewing cases, image resealed. With applied hand coloring in flesh, red and blue, gilt paper mat impressed "STEREOSCOP VON T. SCHNEIDER UND SOEHNE." |
19. | ![]() | Trutpert Schneider & Sons n.d. A group standing by the gate of a palatial dwelling Daguerreotype, stereo Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs Courtesy of Christopher Wahren Housed as found in one of Schneider's Mascher-style viewing cases, image resealed. With applied hand coloring in flesh, red and blue, gilt paper mat impressed "STEREOSCOP VON T. SCHNEIDER UND SOEHNE." |
20. | ![]() | Unidentified photographer 1850-1859 Portrait of an Italian street musician, a so-called pifferaro Daguerreotype, stereo Universiteit Leiden, Prentenkabinet Copyright © Prentenkabinet Universiteit Leiden (G.4162) |
21. | ![]() | Unidentified photographer n.d. Unknown woman painting a man's portrait, surrounded by art objects Daguerreotype, gold-toned, stereo 16.9 x 8.3 cm Universiteit Leiden, Prentenkabinet www.daguerreobase.org - Daguerreobase no: PKL-57.0357 |
22. | ![]() | Unidentified photographer n.d. Unknown woman painting a man's portrait, surrounded by art objects Daguerreotype, gold-toned, stereo, right 16.9 x 8.3 cm (whole) Universiteit Leiden, Prentenkabinet www.daguerreobase.org - Daguerreobase no: PKL-57.0357 |
23. | ![]() | Unidentified photographer 1840-1865 Portrait of a sitting gentleman Daguerreotype, stereo, with applied colouring 8.5 x 17.1 cm FotoMuseum Provincie Antwerpen - FOMU www.daguerreobase.org - Daguerreobase no: FMA-P-1974-010-002 |
24. | ![]() | Unidentified photographer 1840-1865 Portrait of a sitting gentleman Daguerreotype, stereo, with applied colouring, right half 8.5 x 17.1 cm FotoMuseum Provincie Antwerpen - FOMU www.daguerreobase.org - Daguerreobase no: FMA-P-1974-010-002 |
25. | ![]() | Unidentified photographer 1840-1865 Portrait of a gentleman reading Daguerreotype, stereo, with applied colouring 8.7 x 17.4 cm FotoMuseum Provincie Antwerpen - FOMU www.daguerreobase.org - Daguerreobase no: FMA-P-1973-231 |
26. | ![]() | Unidentified photographer 1840-1865 Portrait of a gentleman reading Daguerreotype, stereo, with applied colouring, left half 8.7 x 17.4 cm FotoMuseum Provincie Antwerpen - FOMU www.daguerreobase.org - Daguerreobase no: FMA-P-1973-231 |
27. | ![]() | Unidentified photographer n.d. Tinted stereo Daguerreotype of Mother, Father and their son in full dress uniform Daguerreotype, stereo Stereographica - Antique Photographica Courtesy of Bryan and Page Ginns (#16/86) |
28. | ![]() | Unidentified photographer n.d. Tinted stereo Daguerreotype of Mother, Father and their son in full dress uniform (Detail) Daguerreotype, stereo Stereographica - Antique Photographica Courtesy of Bryan and Page Ginns (#16/86) |
29. | ![]() | Désiré François Millet n.d. Stereo daguerreotype of French soldier Daguerreotype, stereo, front Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs Courtesy of Christopher Wahren Stereo daguerreotype of French soldier, by Désiré Franþois Millet, Paris, ca. 1860. With intact period seals and reverse-painted glass mount with Millet studio stencil in gilt on front and Millet studio label on reverse. Notation on reverse identifies the sitter as "Edmond LaferriÞre". Applied color in flesh, red, blue, green, gilt, and silver. |
30. | ![]() | Désiré François Millet n.d. Stereo daguerreotype of French soldier Daguerreotype, stereo, detail Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs Courtesy of Christopher Wahren Stereo daguerreotype of French soldier, by Désiré Franþois Millet, Paris, ca. 1860. With intact period seals and reverse-painted glass mount with Millet studio stencil in gilt on front and Millet studio label on reverse. Notation on reverse identifies the sitter as "Edmond LaferriÞre". Applied color in flesh, red, blue, green, gilt, and silver. |
31. | ![]() | Désiré François Millet n.d. Stereo daguerreotype of French soldier Daguerreotype, stereo, back label Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs Courtesy of Christopher Wahren Stereo daguerreotype of French soldier, by Désiré Franþois Millet, Paris, ca. 1860. With intact period seals and reverse-painted glass mount with Millet studio stencil in gilt on front and Millet studio label on reverse. Notation on reverse identifies the sitter as "Edmond LaferriÞre". Applied color in flesh, red, blue, green, gilt, and silver. |
32. | ![]() | Napoleon Aubanel 1858 Plaza Matriz de Montevideo (Uruguay) Daguerreotype, stereo Cuarterolo Collection / Colección M & M Cuarterolo Courtesy of the Cuarterolo family |
33. | ![]() | Frederick DeBourg Richards 1853, 21 November [Laying the cornerstone of the new Masonic temple, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania] Daguerreotype, stereo Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division DAG no. 1302, Purchase; Marian S. Carson; 1997; (DLC/PP-1997:105) |
34. | ![]() | Frederick DeBourg Richards 1853, 21 November [Laying the cornerstone of the new Masonic temple, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania] Daguerreotype, stereo, left half Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division DAG no. 1302, Purchase; Marian S. Carson; 1997; (DLC/PP-1997:105) |
35. | ![]() | Unidentified daguerreotypist n.d. View of Toulouse Daguerreotype, stereo Larry Gottheim, Be-hold, Inc Auction: 25 November 2013, Lot: 42 |
36. | ![]() | Unidentified daguerreotypist n.d. View of Toulouse Daguerreotype, stereo, half Larry Gottheim, Be-hold, Inc Auction: 25 November 2013, Lot: 42 |
37. | ![]() | Craig's Stereoscopy n.d. English stereo daguerreotype of a country road Daguerreotype, stereo, front Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs Courtesy of Christopher Wahren Unidentified maker (signed "Craig's Stereoscopy"). Mount imprinted "Craig's Stereoscopy" on reverse. |
38. | ![]() | Craig's Stereoscopy n.d. English stereo daguerreotype of a country road Daguerreotype, stereo, back Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs Courtesy of Christopher Wahren Unidentified maker (signed "Craig's Stereoscopy"). Mount imprinted "Craig's Stereoscopy" on reverse. |
39. | ![]() | Craig's Stereoscopy n.d. English stereo daguerreotype of a country road Daguerreotype, stereo, imprint Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs Courtesy of Christopher Wahren Unidentified maker (signed "Craig's Stereoscopy"). Mount imprinted "Craig's Stereoscopy" on reverse. |
40. | ![]() | Unidentified photographer n.d. Italian Court at the Crystal Palace Exhibition Daguerreotype, stereo Stereographica - Antique Photographica Courtesy of Bryan and Page Ginns (#15 / 101) |
41. | ![]() | William Edward Kilburn n.d. Kilburn's Stereoscope Stereoscope Interencheres - La Gallerie de Chartes Collection Henry Koilski (Galerie de Chartres, Auction, 9 October 2011, Lot: 907) William Edward Kilburn Daguerréotype stéréo 7,5 x 11 cm "portraits de deux enfants" rehaussés en couleur dans un coffret contenant une visionneuse Kilburn's Stéréoscope. |
42. | ![]() | Unidentified photographer 1853 (before?) Mascher Stereo Daguerreotype of a woman Daguerreotype, stereo Stereographica - Antique Photographica Courtesy of Bryan and Page Ginns (#15 / 103) The interior of the case is marked "Maschers Improved Stereoscope - Patent Applied For". This would suggest a very early stereoscopic image, possibly prior to the date of the patent March 8, 1853. Most Mascher cases are marked with this date. Refer Wing pages 80/81 for more information on Mascher cases. |
43. | ![]() | McClees & Germon 1853 (ca) Father and Son in a Mascher Stereoscope Case Daguerreotypes, 1/6 plates, stereo, Mascher case Cornell University Library Curational comment from "Dawn's Early Light: The First 50 Years of American Photography", October 20, 2011 - May 4, 2012, Hirshland Exhibition Gallery in Carl A. Kroch Library, Cornell University John F. Mascher patented this ingenious case in 1853. The dual image, captured stereoscopically, can be viewed in three dimensions with a pair of lenses that fold out from the viewing case. |
44. | ![]() | Washington Lafayette Germon n.d. Quarter plate Mascher Stereo Daguerreotype by W. L German, Philadelphia. Daguerreotype, 1/4 plate Stereographica - Antique Photographica Courtesy of Bryan and Page Ginns (#16/85) This is quite a rare image in that there are two stereo images on one plate. Mascher stereo Daguerreotypes are usually two separate sixth plate images transposed to form a three dimensional image. The two images on one plate would suggest this image was taken with some kind of Daguerreotype camera with a mirror or prism to transpose the image into a stereo pair. |
45. | ![]() | Washington Lafayette Germon n.d. Quarter plate Mascher Stereo Daguerreotype by W. L German, Philadelphia. Daguerreotype, 1/4 plate Stereographica - Antique Photographica Courtesy of Bryan and Page Ginns (#16/85) This is quite a rare image in that there are two stereo images on one plate. Mascher stereo Daguerreotypes are usually two separate sixth plate images transposed to form a three dimensional image. The two images on one plate would suggest this image was taken with some kind of Daguerreotype camera with a mirror or prism to transpose the image into a stereo pair. |
46. | ![]() | T.R. Williams n.d. Elizabethan Court at the Crystal Palace Exhibition Daguerreotype, stereo Stereographica - Antique Photographica Courtesy of Bryan and Page Ginns (#15 / 102) |
47. | ![]() | Unidentified photographer n.d. Sculpture of a female nude Daguerreotype, gold-toned, stereo 8.3 x 17 cm Universiteit Leiden, Prentenkabinet www.daguerreobase.org - Daguerreobase no: PKL-57.0355 |
48. | ![]() | Auguste Belloc 1855 (ca) Femme nue devant un miroir Daguerreotype, stereo Musée d'Orsay |
49. | ![]() | Auguste Belloc & Félix Jacques Antoine Moulin 1855 (ca) Femme sur un lit Daguerreotype, stereo 8.5 x 17.3 cm Musée d'Orsay (C) RMN (Musée d'Orsay) / Hervé Lewandowski, Europeana Identifier: RMNDO000000436525 ; PHO1986-125 |
50. | ![]() | Auguste Belloc & Félix Jacques Antoine Moulin 1855 (ca) Femme sur un lit Daguerreotype, stereo, half 8.5 x 17.3 cm Musée d'Orsay (C) RMN (Musée d'Orsay) / Droits réservés, Europeana Identifier: RMNDO000000494451 ; PHO1986-125 |
51. | ![]() | Unidentified photographer n.d. Woman with legs crossed, finger to mouth Daguerreotype, stereo Larry Gottheim, Be-hold, Inc Courtesy of Larry Gottheim (Auction: Feb 21, 2008, 51, part 1 / lot 15) Luxurious French stereoscopic daguerreotype with hand coloring, sparkling jewels on the woman's bracelet and necklace. The stereo effect is very well realized. This chair and curtain appear in other images in this genre. A variant is in "Die Erotische Daguerreotypie; Sammlung Uwe Scheid" p. 79, bottom. A stereoscopic daguerreotype with this chair is attributed to Alexis Gouin/Braquehais in Janet Buerger, "French Daguerreotypes," No. 214. Affixed to the black paper backing is a label from a 1998 Christie's NY auction. |
52. | ![]() | Unidentified photographer n.d. Woman with legs crossed, finger to mouth (detail) Daguerreotype, stereo Larry Gottheim, Be-hold, Inc Courtesy of Larry Gottheim (Auction: Feb 21, 2008, 51, part 1 / lot 15) Luxurious French stereoscopic daguerreotype with hand coloring, sparkling jewels on the woman's bracelet and necklace. The stereo effect is very well realized. This chair and curtain appear in other images in this genre. A variant is in "Die Erotische Daguerreotypie; Sammlung Uwe Scheid" p. 79, bottom. A stereoscopic daguerreotype with this chair is attributed to Alexis Gouin/Braquehais in Janet Buerger, "French Daguerreotypes," No. 214. Affixed to the black paper backing is a label from a 1998 Christie's NY auction. |
53. | ![]() | Louis Jules Duboscq 1850s (mid) Study of a Reclining Nude from behind Daguerreotype, hand-tinted, stereoscopic Charles Isaacs Photographs, Inc |
54. | ![]() | Unidentified photographer 1850 (or later) Erotic nude Daguerreotype, stereo, with applied colouring FotoMuseum Provincie Antwerpen - FOMU www.daguerreobase.org - Daguerreobase no: FMA-P-1967-010 |
55. | ![]() | Unidentified photographer 1850 (or later) Erotic nude Daguerreotype, stereo, with applied colouring, right half FotoMuseum Provincie Antwerpen - FOMU www.daguerreobase.org - Daguerreobase no: FMA-P-1967-010 |
56. | ![]() | Antoine Claudet 1852, 3 April Stereoscopic Daguerreotypes Magazine page The Courtauld Institute of Art Copyright: Illustrated London News Ltd. All rights reserved, Gale Document Number: HN3100030722 "Stereoscopic Daguerreotypes" Illustrated London News (London, England), Saturday, April 03, 1852; pg. 277; Issue 552 |