The Poor Man's Picture Gallery
Subtitle: Stereoscopy versus paintings in the Victorian Era
Publisher: The London Stereoscopic Company; London Stereoscopic Company
Published: 2014
Place of publication: London, England
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9780957424616
Description: Contains high-definition printed reproductions of well-known Victorian paintings in the Tate Gallery, and compares them with related stereo cards - photographs of scenes featuring real actors and models, staged to tell the same story as the corresponding paintings.
Table of contents: label: A Poor Man's Preface
title: 6; label: Introduction
title: 8; label: The Art of Stereo Photography
title: 17; label: Happy as a King
title: 18; label: Broken Vows
title: 20; label: The Death of Chatterton
title: 24; label: The Blind Beggar
title: 32; label: The Enthusiast or The Gouty Angler
title: 34; label: The Order of Release 1746
title: 38; label: Hearts Are Trumps
title: 45; label: The Derby Day
title: 50; label: Dolly Varden (and other Frith Paintings)
title: 62; label: The Foot Bath
title: 69; label: Rustic Music
title: 74; label: Scene from 'Twelfth Night'
title: 76; label: The Play Scene in Hamlet
title: 80; label: The Inquisitive Page or Curiosity
title: 84; label: The Attack and The Defeat
title: 88; label: The Plundering of Basing House
title: 93; label: The Pillaging of a Jew's House
title: 97; label: Le Quart d'Heure de Rabelais
title: 101; label: The Empress Eugenie Surrounded by Her Ladies in Waiting
title: 105; label: Answering the Advertising
title: 108; label: Uncle Toby and the Widow Wadman
title: 111; label: A Raal Convanience and The Onconvanience of Single Life
title: 117; label: The Night-Mare
title: 125; label: Fast Day
title: 129; label: And So On...
title: 137; label: Still Lifes
title: 140; label: Illustrations and Music Sheets
title: 144; label: Punch Cartoons as Inspirations for Stereo Cards
title: 156; label: Fairings
title: 179; label: Short Selected Biographies
title: 188; label: List of Works Reproduced
title: 201; label: Index
title: 203; label: Acknowledgements
title: 208