W. D. CREWDSON; WARREN DE LA RUE AND ROBERT HOWLETT

An eclipse, 1858 and other outdoor scenes, 1850s; The Moon, circa 1858

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W. D. CREWDSON; WARREN DE LA RUE AND ROBERT HOWLETT
An eclipse, 1858 and other outdoor scenes, 1850s; The Moon, circa 1858
One double-sided stereoscopic ambrotype, each image titled on paper label Mar:15th 1858 taken @ 12.55 being the time of the greatest obscuration with a ¼ plate lens, .3/8 aperture & 10"exposure and Taken Mar 15. 1858 @ 2.pm imy after the Eclipse terminated - same shutter & exposure &c., paper-taped; six other stereoscopic ambrotypes, each paper-taped; and a stereoscopic diapositive on glass, red mount with printed credits Photographed from the original Negatives of WARREN DE LA RUE Esq. F.R.S. BY ROBERT HOWLETT..... (8)

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OTHER SUBJECTS ARE TWO RIVER SCENES, GARDEN VIEWS INCLUDING ONE IN SNOW AND A CRYSTAL PALACE INTERIOR (POSSIBLY COPIED FROM A DAGUERREOTYPE). WARREN DE LA RUE MADE THE FIRST STEREOGRAPHS OF THE MOON IN 1858.

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