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Heaven’s Blessing on the Twain.
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2 photographs : b&w ; 8 x 8 cm mounted on cardboard 9 x 18 cm
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Benjamin West Kilburn (December 10, 1827 – January 15, 1909) was an American photographer and stereoscopic view (stereograph) publisher famous for his landscape images and his visual record of the great migrations at the end of the nineteenth century.
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A stereograph titled, “Heaven’s Blessing on the Twain” taken by Benjamin Kilburn and mounted by James M. Davis. The stereograph is part of Benjamin Kilburn’s “Marriage series” and depicts a man and a woman asleep in bed with a spectral outline of an angel overlooking them. This stereograph is an example of spirit photography.
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Purchased in 2018.
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- English
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Spirit photography is a style of photography that attempts to capture images of spirits. In this example, the image was captured by using a double exposure.
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Stereographs are an early form of three-dimensional photography that were popular in the nineteenth century.
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The stereograph consists of two identical photographs placed side by side on cardboard to be viewed with a stereoscope.
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Described by NM in June 2019.
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- English
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- Spirit Photography - Wikipedia
- Stereoscope - Wikipedia