Claudet-pattern stereoscope
with grained-leather covered body, hinged top, divided viewing sections and a pair of brass bound lenses; two coloured stereo-positives credited SUTTON, PHOTOGRAPHIC ARTIST & OPTICIAN, 204 REGENT STREET, OPPOSITE CONDUIT STREET; a quantity of stereocards, the majority with Sutton blindstamp and two with stamp on reverse SUTTON, PHOTOGRAPHER & STEREOSCOPIST, PATENTEE OF THE COLLAPSING STEREOSCOPE, 204, REGENT STREET, OPPOSITE CONDUIT ST
Literature
Michael Pritchard (1994), A Directory of London Photographers 1841-1908, p. 108.
Lot Essay
Edwin Sutton is recorded as a photographer at 204 Regent Street from 1857 to 1874.