Rare C. 1880s Stereoview of Hartford State Capital Main Stairway Mottahedeh dog 8 3/4" x 6 5/8"

8 3/4" x 6 5/8"

the basket is in very good condition

or given as a gift to a fellow student or teacher of the artist’s at the Technic Institute in Nairobi--the address of which is noted on reverse--who brought it back to the states

though I love the image and the mystery all the same

super beautiful

Rare C. 1880s Stereoview of Hartford State Capital Main Stairway Mottahedeh dog 8 3/4" x 6 5/8"Another antique stereoview that I like for the geometries and almost Escher esque sense of infinite continuum, existent with the CT State Capital staircase to begin with but much amplified by the double image. At the time the image was taken, the state capital designed by prominent architect Richard M. Upjohn in a high Victorian gothic style had just recently been completed (1879), so this was an early framing of what has since become an iconic