LONDON STEREOSCOPIC CO INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION 1862 MAJOLICA MINTON STEREOVIEW

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LONDON STEREOSCOPIC CO INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION 1862 MAJOLICA MINTON STEREOVIEW:
$24.95

Offered for sale is an early stereoview Published by London Stereoscopic and Photographic Company. Not mentioned was William England who most likely Photographed the scene. The stereoview is from the set THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION OF 1862 and titled as follows ----

William Englandled a team of stereoscopic photographers, which included William Russell Sedgfield and Stephen Thompson, to produce a series of 350 stereo views of the exhibition for the London Stereoscopic Company. These images provide a vivid three-dimensional record of the of 1862, orGreat London Exposition, was aworld\'s fair. It was held from 1 May to 1 November 1862, beside the gardens of theRoyal Horticultural Society,South Kensington,London, England, on a site that now houses museums including theNatural History Museumand theScience Museum (London).

Exhibitions included such large pieces of machinery as parts ofCharles Babbage\'sanalytical engine,cotton mills, and maritime engines by the firm ofHenry Maudslay, as well as a range of smaller goods including fabrics, rugs, sculptures, furniture, plates, silver and glass wares, and wallpaper. The work shown byWilliam Morris\'s decorative arts firm of Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co. attracted much notice. The exposition also introduced the use ofcaoutchoucforrubberproduction and theBessemer processfor steel manufacture.

TheLondon and North Western Railwayexhibited one of their express passenger locomotives, No.531Lady of the Lake. A sister locomotive, No.229Watthad famously carried Trent Affairdispatches earlier that year, but theLady of the Lake(which won a bronze medal at the exhibition) was so popular that theentire class of locomotivebecame known asLadies of the the stereoview exhibits minor corner and edge ware as photo shows.

I will accept PAYPAL. Items will be shipped first class mail usually next day after payment of Paypal, packaging and mail $2.99. I will combine shipping 1 to 3 views $2.99, 3 to 6 views $5.35 and over 6 no additional postage or shipping charge.

I will ship internationally, payment must be in US funds, Paypal. I will ship world wide International first Class Mail 1 stereoview for $5.99 plus $1.00 for each additional stereoview in combined ship. This increase is due to the new postal service rates. Perhaps I should note that my cost to ship 1 - Two Oz package is $6.16 (1 stereoview packaged) , a 3 oz package is $9.18 international first class mail