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Stereoscope (reversible in box)
R. & J. Beck and Unknownafter 1865
The J. Paul Getty Museum
Los Angeles, United States
Stereoscope with a rectangular wooden body. The front contains two independently adjustable lenses, housed in brass fittings on a brass plate. Brass dials on either side adjust the brass plate to assist focusing. The top of the box is hinged, with a mirror attached to the interior. The back end of the stereoscope has metal clips to hold a stereograph. Glass stereograph of an ocean scene accompanies the stereoscope.
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Details
- Title: Stereoscope (reversible in box)
- Creator: R. & J. Beck, Unknown
- Date Created: after 1865
- Location Created: London, England
- Physical Dimensions: 8.3 × 17.8 × 17.1 cm (3 1/4 × 7 × 6 3/4 in.)
- Type: Photographic equipment
- External Link: Find out more about this object on the Museum website.
- Medium: Wood, brass, glass
- Terms of Use: Open Content
- Number: 2008.89.26
- Culture: British and French
- Credit Line: The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, Gift of Gloria and Stanley Fishfader
- Creator Display Name: R. & J. Beck (British, founded 1865, dissolved 1891) Unknown maker, French
- Classification: Miscellaneous
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