Untitled
August 21, 1888
Medium
Albumen print, stereo
Dimensions
Each image: 8 × 8.3 cm (3 3/16 × 3 5/16 in.); Card: 8.8 × 17.6 cm (3 1/2 × 6 15/16 in.)
Classification
photography
Department
Photography and Media
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
199572
Rights
Public Domain
Art Historical Context
Martin Morrison’s untitledoscopic photograph, dated August 21,1888, offers a glimpse into late nineteenth-century fascination with three-dimensional. Created as an albumen print on a card measuring just under seven inches wide, the paired images were designed to be viewed through a stereoscope, producing a striking sense of depth and presence. This format was immensely popular during the Victorian era, allowing viewers to experience distant, cityscapes, or everyday scenes as if they were standing within them. Albumen prints, the dominant photographic process of the time, provided rich tonal d...