The Magic of Stereoscopes

• What:
  Free talks & tours
• When:
  Thu 9 February 2012 13:00
• Where:
  Meeting Point, Grand Entrance

GALLERY TALK: Hear a brief history of the novelty of 3D stereoscopic photography, widely considered to have been the first mass photographic medium prior to the advent of the cinema. With a staggering 300 million different views produced between 1854 and 1920 this talk will focus on a range of those in the V&A collection.

Learn about this medium the beginning of its popularity at the 1851 Crystal Palace Exhibition, to the lunarscapes of Warren de la Rue and the Victorian family tableaux of Lady Clementina Hawarden.
Led by Zoe Clayton

13.00-13.45