Fantastic 19th C. Homemade Stereoview of Sea Creatures, Related to Louis Figuier Engraving cut paper doll and most of his women

and most of his women appear to be quite self-possessed

Late 19th century I would guess

and with the original wires securing his arms and legs still holding tight

and especially the stack of handwritten correspondence inside dating back to the 1850s

Garden City

Fantastic 19th C. Homemade Stereoview of Sea Creatures, Related to Louis Figuier Engraving cut paper doll and most of his womenThere are stereoviews and then there are stereoviews this is one of two early albumen photo stereoviews I'm listing this week of the gorgeous and special variety; a different species entirely from the later stereocards with images printed on the card. And this is a curious one, too. The image is very similar to an engraving ("Ideal Scene of the Lias Period with Ichthyosaurus and Plesiosaurus") in French scientist Louis Figuier's 'The World Before the