[photo-3d] Re: Victoria and 3D

["Ray Moxom" <raymoxom@xxxxxxxxxx>]

From: "Ray Moxom" <raymoxom@xxxxxxxxxx>

There has been some discussion on stereo cards of Queen Victoria's Jubilee
Parade. Her personal interest in stereo started almost 60 years before that
parade. The following is a brief extract from an article that I wrote a few
years ago which included Queen Victoria's role in popularising 3D. The
article was published in Stereoscopy under the title of "The First Golden
Age of Stereo".

At the Great (Crystal Palace) Exhibition of 1851 stereo photography
captivated the imagination of the six million visitors to London's 19 acres
of exhibits.

Queen Victoria was one of those captivated visitors. One of the exhibitors
was the French Instrument Maker, Duboscq who had been commissioned by Sir
David Brewster to manufacture his stereoscopes.

It was Duboscq, who first demonstrated the stereoscope and stereo
photographs (stereographs) to the young Queen. He also quickly capitalised
on the Queen's interest by arranging for Sir David Brewster to present her
with a viewer and a set of stereographs.

As a result of Queen Victoria's interest, manufacturers of stereoscopes and
producers of stereo photographs were inundated with orders. More than
250,000 viewers alone were sold within three months. One of the most popular
photographic subject was the Crystal Palace itself, as well as many of its
15,000 exhibits.

Ray




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