The Mountain Minstrel: Museum Object and Cultural History
The Mountain Minstrel: date made: mid-late 1800s. maker: London Stereoscopic and Photographic Co.. Object Name: stereograph.
The object in the museum catalogue
black and white stereograph mounted on grey cardstock; printed on verso "The Mountain Minstrel"; embossed on recto "The London / Stereoscopic Company / 534 Broadway"; image of a sculpted figurine; young man seated on a rock holding a clarinet? (or recorder?) in his hands
Materials, dates and provenance
- date made: mid-late 1800s
- maker: London Stereoscopic and Photographic Co.
- Object Name: stereograph
- Physical Description: paper (overall material)
- Measurements: overall: 3 1/2 in x 7 in; 8.89 cm x 17.78 cm
- Subject: Musicians
- ID Number: 2012.3033.0525
- nonaccession number: 2012.3033
- catalog number: 2012.3033.0525
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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