Rare C. 1880s Stereoview of Hartford State Capital Main Stairway lemons with minor spots and a

with minor spots and a tiny bit of chipping around the edges

and quite extraordinary

giving a sense that it itself was zapped more than a few times

” joked the gallery’s Kevin Duffy

Rare C. 1880s Stereoview of Hartford State Capital Main Stairway lemons with minor spots and aAnother 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