Still life of bird (cockatoo?) perched on the arm of an ornate chair, one foot holding a carved ivory object (balls within balls) at the end of a carved ivory chain with a tassel at the end. The chair also supports a tall oriental decorated vase. In the foreground a carved stone (?) putto holds a dish above his head, on this a strip of lace is draped which covers also an ornate frame in the centre foreground. To the left of the putto ornate initials are visible (MLL?). Behind the cockatoo is a birdcage, with peacock feathers; behind all is a draped cloth. To the right is a fringed, ornate shawl (or similar) partially obscuring the vase.
Still life of bird (cockatoo?) perched on the arm of an ornate chair, one foot holding a carved ivory object (balls within balls) at the end of a carved ivory chain with a tassel at the end. The chair also supports a tall oriental decorated vase. In the foreground a carved stone (?) putto holds a dish above his head, on this a strip of lace is draped which covers also an ornate frame in the centre foreground. To the left of the putto ornate initials are visible (MLL?). Behind the cockatoo is a birdcage, with peacock feathers; behind all is a draped cloth. To the right is a fringed, ornate shawl (or similar) partially obscuring the vase.
Zu einem der wichtigsten englischen Protagonisten der Stereofotografie in den fünfziger und sechziger Jahren des 19. Jahrhunderts entwickelte sich T. R. Williams, der zunächst nur in der „zweiten Reihe“ tätig war: Er soll schon früh als Operateur bei Claudet und bei Beard in London gearbeitet haben. Seine exzellenten Kenntnisse auf dem Gebiet der Stereodaguerreotypie brachte Williams zu Beginn der 1850er Jahre enormen Erfolg ein. Legendär sind seine Stereoskopen mit Ansichten aus dem Kristallpalast, aber auch die stillebenhaften, mitunter allegorisch gemeinten Kompositionen. (J.V.)
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by T. R. Williams