Gandhi Posing for his Sculpture
Courtesy: Scarlet Johnston/A Time to Remember Collectibles.
Stereoview Leader of Gandhi posing as an artist sculpts
What is a Stereoscope?
Stereoscopes, also known as stereopticons or stereo viewers, were one of
America's most popular forms of entertainment in the late 1800s and early 1900s.
The first patented stereoscope was invented by Sir Charles Wheatstone in 1838.
Wheatstone had experimented with simple stereoscopic drawings in 1832, several
years before photography was invented. Later, the two principles were combined
to form the stereoscope.
A stereoscope is composed of two pictures mounted next to each other, and a set
of lenses to view the pictures through. Each picture is taken from a slightly
different viewpoint that corresponds closely to the spacing of the eyes. The
left picture represents what the left eye would see, and likewise for the right
picture. When observing the pictures through a special viewer, the pair of
two-dimensional pictures merge together into a single three-dimensional
photograph.
See Also:
- A Day with Gandhi -- Never before seen photographs of Gandhi in his hermitage by V.N. O'key; includes a commentary identifying various individuals close to Gandhi.
- Old Photographs of India
