Lot 393

European Genre and Street Scene Stereoview Photographs

Estimate: $50 - $400

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Group of 7 stereoview photographs depicting a variety of European genre scenes and daily life subjects. The views include street scenes, rural family groups, and staged narrative compositions typical of nineteenth-century stereographic photography.

One stereograph bears the imprint Photographie Internationale, Galerie Universelle des Peuples, identified as “Allemagne Autriche Tyrol,” showing a group of figures standing beside a rustic building. Another example shows a hurdy-gurdy musician in the town of Shanklin on the Isle of Wight, with a small donkey harnessed to a cart while spectators look on.

Additional views include staged family scenes with children and entertainers, garden scenes with seated figures in decorative outdoor structures, and European village street scenes. Such genre views were widely produced for stereoscopic viewing during the late nineteenth century, offering audiences glimpses of everyday life and cultural scenes from across Europe.

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