INO AND BACCHUS (Daguerreotype Stereoview)
by Anonymous
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+
- Seller
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Williamsburg, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
Preston, England: George Cartwright, 1852. Rare original daguerreotype stereoview picturing the plaster sculpture by Irish-born sculptor John Henry Foley ( 1818-1874) that was exhibited at the 1851 Great Exhibition in the Crystal Palace. An albumen print by Claude-Marie Ferrier is featured in Anthony Hamber's monumental work, Photography and the 1851 Great Exhibition, but the photographer for this daguerreotype stereoview is as yet unidentified. Hamber mentions that the Victoria and Albert Museum has a copy of this stereoview in their collection. Strangely enough the V&A misidentifies the image as "Bacchus Being Fed Grapes by [Venus?]" and makes no mention of the Foley sculpture. That is the only other copy of this daguerreotype stereoview I have been able to locate. On the verso of our stereoview is Cartwright's label as well as a handwritten identification of the subject. The daguerreotype is in excellent condition, with no bleeding at the edges. The cloth backing is original and undisturbed, though there is some evidence of the usual separation of the glass from the black painted border surrounding the daguerreotype.. First Edition. Glass. Very Good+. 3 3/4" by 6 3/4". Photo.
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- Seller
- Tennyson Williams, Books and Fine Art (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- W1705
- Title
- INO AND BACCHUS (Daguerreotype Stereoview)
- Author
- Anonymous
- Format/Binding
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- George Cartwright
- Place of Publication
- Preston, England
- Date Published
- 1852
- Size
- 3 3/4" by 6 3/4"
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Photographs;
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About the Seller
Tennyson Williams, Books and Fine Art
Biblio member since 2004
Williamsburg, Virginia
About Tennyson Williams, Books and Fine Art
Our office, located in historic Williamsburg, Virginia, is open by appointment or by chance. We are antiquarian booksellers who buy and sell carefully selected books for collectors and researchers in many genre. We also sell important autographs and photographs as well as original art, including wood engravings by Winslow Homer and J. J. Lankes; lithographs by Miró, Matisse, Calder, Wengenroth, and others; and works from the American Etching Revival. You can reach us by telephone: (757)378-5400; or by email: twbooks1@cox.net.
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