Stereoscopic viewer

Description

Stereoviewer, the 'Natural stereoscope', patent no. 1611, by John Hirst & Joseph Wood, Birkby, Huddersfield, 1862

Museum reference

T.2023.44.10.88

Collection

History of Science

Object name

Stereoscopic viewer

Production information

Hirst & Wood, 19th century (fl.), Maker
Birkby, Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England, Northern Europe

Date

1862

Materials

Glass, Metal, Wood, Walnut, veneer

Physical description

Glass, metal, wood, walnut veneer(?)

Associations

Howarth-Loomes Collection

Exhibitions

• Photography: A Victorian Sensation (19 Jun 2015 - 22 Nov 2015)
  National Museum of Scotland

Credit

The Bernard Howarth-Loomes Collection. Accepted in lieu of Inheritance Tax by H M Government from the estate of Ethel Alma Howarth-Loomes and allocated to National Museums Scotland, 2023.