Group of stereographs of Stratford-upon-Avon [graphic].

[US and England], [1870s-1900s]

12 photographs on stereo cards : stereograph ; on mounts 3 1/2 x 7 in.

paper

6 flat-mount square-cornered cards with square images, ca. 1870-1880s, and 6 curved-mount round-cornered cards (6 with rounded-top images).

The 6 curved-mount cards produced in different US cities and Stratford-upon-Avon. Flat-mount cards unattributed.

Arbitrarily numbered by FSL staff: no. 1: The Desk used by Shakespeare at Stratford School; no. 2: Shakespeare's Birthplace [interior]; no. 3: Shakespeare's House, Stratford-on-Avon; no. 4: Interior of Shakespear's House, Stratford-on-Avon; no. 5: [Room in which Shakespeare was born, Straford-on-Avon]; no. 6: Stratford-on-Avon, Holy Trinity Church, Shakespeare's Monument.no. 7: Interior Anne Hathaway's Cottage with Mrs. Baker; no. 8: Here rests the Immortal Shakespeare, Stratford-on-Avon, England [i.e. view of Stratford]; no. 9: The Room where Shakspeare was born, Stratford-on-Avon, England; no. 10: Library in Shakespeare's House, Stratford-on-Avon, England; no. 11: [Living Room in Shakespeare's House]; no. 12: Living Room in Shakespeare's House, Stratford-on Avon, Eng.;

Provenance: acquired individually by private collector who decided to concentrate on Americana instead, so gave Stratford-upon-Avon material to the Folger.

Great Britain -- England.

ART Vol. c109

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