photograph, stereoscopic , photograph
Accession Number
NAM.1998-07-52-1-46
Description
Agra and Taj Mahal. One of 72 stereoscopic slides in seven boxes; taken by QMS Ernest Stevens of the Seaforth Highlanders in India 1910 (c). Box 4 Agra and Taj Mahal Stereographs consist of two identical photographs paired in such a way that when seen through a special viewing instrument, a stereoscope, they appear as a three-dimensional images. By 1899 the photographs were mounted on thick card that was given a slight curvature to increase the illusion of depth.