The Stereoscopic Magazine: A Gallery of Landscape Scenery, Architecture, Antiquities, and Natural History, accompanied with Descriptive Articles by Writers of Eminence

London: Lovell Reeve, 5, Henrietta Street, Covent Garden

Volume 1,  1858-59

No. 1: July 1858 [British Museum date stamp: “3 JY 58”, i.e. 3 July 1858]
Falaise Castle, Normandy [pages of letterpress: 9-12]
The Harding Statue [13-16]
Royal Observatory, Greenwich [17-24]

No. 2: August [7 AU 58]
The New Museum, Royal Gardens, Kew [25-30]
The Great Cross of Muiredach, Monasterboice, Co. Louth [31-36]
Remarkable Block of Double-Refracting Spar from Iceland [37-40]

No. 3: September [9 SE 58 – first three items only]
Lichfield Cathedral [41-43]
The Salmon Pool, Devil’s Glen, County Wicklow [45-48]
Interior of the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street [49-52]
Hever Castle, Kent [53-56] This item was not listed in the contents and was in fact issued with No. 16 in October 1859 and bears the date stamp “5 OC 59”.

No. 4: October [4 OC 58]
Cobham Park, Kent [57-60]
Sackville Street, Dublin [61-64]
The Succulent House Kew [65-68] = Interior of the Aloe and Cactus House, Kew

No. 5: November [1 NO 58]
Statue of Dr. Johnson at Lichfield [69-72]
Charleton House, Kent [73-76]
The Wicklow Railway at Brayhead [77-80]

No. 6: December [23 DE 58]
Raglan Castle, South Wales [81-86]
West Door of Rochester Cathedral [87-90]
Farningham, Kent [91-96] (a trout stream)

No. 7: January 1859 [3 JA 59]
Penshurst Castle, Kent [97-100]
Chantrey’s Sleeping Children [101-103] (date-stamped “3 MR 59”)
The Powerscourt Waterfall, Ireland [105-108]

No. 8: February [3 MR 59]
Rievaulx Abbey, Yorkshire [109-114]
Cobham Hall [115-118] (man with broom) (date-stamped “3 JA 59”)
Helmsley Castle [119-122]

No. 9: March [25 MR 59]
Canterbury Cathedral [123-132]
• Interior (f. p. 125)
• Tomb of Archbishop Howley (f. p. 129)
• The Baptistry (f. p. 131)

No. 10: April [4 AP 59]
Whitby Abbey, Yorkshire [133-142]
Kirkham Abbey Gateway [143-146]
Muckross Abbey, Killarney [147-148]

No. 11: May [6 JU 59]
Ely Cathedral [149-154] (Fenton)
The Pilgrims’ Staircase at Canterbury [155-160] = Norman Staircase
Pont-y-Pant [161-164] (Fenton)

No. 12: June [6 JU 59]
The Torc Waterfall, Killarney [165-168]
Osteological Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons [169-172] (H. Taylor)
The Dargle Hole, Wicklow [173-176

No. 13: July [4 JY 59]
Temple Collection of Antiquities [177-191]
(3 photos by Fenton, f. pp. 189, 190, 190)

No. 14: August [1 AU 59]
The Megatherium, British Museum [193-198 (Owen)] (Fenton)
Peterborough Cathedral [199-204] (Fenton)
The Assafoetida Plant, Edinburgh (coloured) [205-206 (Balfour)] (William Walker)

No. 15: September [8 SE 59]
Celebrated Ivory Carvings, from the Collection in the British Museum [207-222 (Westwood)] (Fenton):
• Jesus Sustained by Angels (f. p. 221)
• The Temptation of Christ (f. p. 221)
• The Marriage of Catherine (f. p. 222)

No. 16: October [5 OC 59]
The Lycian Saloon, British Museum [223-28] (Fenton)
Pont Aberglaslyn, North Wales [229-232]
Ruins at Clonmacnoise [233-238]
Group of Corals, British Museum [239-240] (Fenton)
[Hever Castle, Kent – see p. 53]

 

Volume 2,  1859-61

No. 17: November [2 NO 59]
The Fossil Gallery at the British Museum [3-6 (Owen)] (Fenton)
The Great Geyser Boiling Spring of Iceland [7-10] (Capt. Henry, ‘Maraquita’)
The Gallery of Colossal Egyptian Antiquities in the British Museum [11-16] (Fenton)

No. 18: December [20 DE 59]
The Elgin Marbles, British Museum [17-28] (Fenton): facing p. 28
• Gallery
• Eastern Pediment
• Headless Figures

No. 19: January 1860 [7 JA 60]
Chateau of Lausanne, Switzerland [29-30] (L.J. Sissons)
The Third Graeco-Roman Salon, British Museum [31-34] (Fenton)
Blarney Castle [35-38] [R/L transposed in this copy!)

No. 20: February [6 FE 60]
The Reptile Room, British Museum [39-42] (Fenton)
Porch of the Calende, Rouen Cathedral [43-46] (R. Howlett)
Relics from Pompeii, British Museum [47-50] (Fenton)

No. 21: March [2 MH 60]
Interior of the Oxford Museum [51-56] (Fenton)
Statue of Paris, British Museum [57-58] (Fenton)
The Cathedral of Lausanne [59-60] (J.L. Sissons)

No. 22: April [3 AP 60]
Ruins, Early English, of St. Mary’s Abbey, York [61-66]
Reikiavik, the Seaport Capital of Iceland [67-70] (Capt. Henry)
Anglo-Saxon Doorway of Barfreston Church, Kent [71-72]

No. 23: May [4 JU 60]
The Palace of Justice, Rouen [73-74] (R. Howlett)
The Assyrian Gallery, British Museum [75-78] (Fenton)
The Last Leap of the Lledr [79-82] (Fenton, spring ’58)

No. 24: June [4 JU 60]
The Pugin Gateway, Magdalen College, Oxford [83-86] (Fenton)
The Chiddingstone, Edenbridge, Kent [87-88] (H. Taylor)
The Hôtel de Bourgtheroulde, Rouen [89-90] (R. Howlett)

No. 25: July [2 JY 60]
The Cathedral of Bruges (interior) [91-92]
The Mineral Gallery, British Museum [93-96] (Fenton)
The Colossal Calvaries of Finisterre [97-98]

No. 26: August [1 AU 60]
The Refectory, Stonyhurst College (empty tables) [99-102] (Fenton)
New Bridge on the Hodder, Lancashire [103-104] (Fenton)
West Central Door of York Minster [105-106] (Fenton)

No. 27: September [3 SE 60]
View on the Lledr, North Wales [107-108]*
Druidical Stones at Carnac [109-112] (autumn 1858)
Hurst Green, Lancashire [113]*
(* No mention of Fenton)

No. 28: October [2 OC 60]
Statue of a Discobolus [115-116] (Fenton)
Fruit with Ivory and Silver Tankard [117-118] (Fenton)*
(* First of a series taken for the Magazine by Mr Fenton)
Interior of Mechlin Cathedral [119-120]

No. 29: November [3 DE 60]
Raid Deep, on the Ribble [121-122]
Doorway of St. Maclou, Rouen [123-124] (R. Howlett)
Shanklin Chine, Isle of White [125-126] (E. Edwards)

No. 30: December [11 JA 61]
Group of Shells, &c (cameo head on left) [127-130]
[Durham’s] Statue of Chastity [131] (Fenton, in D’s studio)
Granite Quarry in Derbyshire [133-134]

No. 31: January 1861 [1 FE 61]
View on the Hodder, Lancashire [137] (Fenton)
Head of Tothmes III [135-136]
South Porch of Amiens Cathedral [139-140]

No. 32: February [14 MH 61]
Thornicroft’s Statue of Charles I [141-142] (Fenton, in T’s studio)
Composition with Fruit and Flower [143-144] (Fenton, summer 1860)
Hothouse Plants (Conservatory of Dr Hemphill, Clonmel, Ireland) [145-146] (Dr Hemphill)
Place de la Pucelle, Rouen [147-148]
Chine Inn, Shanklin [149-150]

 

Volume 3,  1861-62

No. 33: March 1861 [3 AP 61]
Library of Trinity College, Cambridge [1-2] (E. Edwards)
Mater Dolorosa, by Michael Angelo [3]
Interior of St. Thomas’s Church, Newport, Isle of Wight [5]

No. 34: April [2 MA 61]
Chinese Curiosities [7] (Fenton)
Chinese Ivory Casket (as in previous) [9]
Statue of Sir Isaac Newton [11-12] (Roubiliac’s statue in vestibule to chapel of Trinity College Cambridge)

No. 35: May [3 JU 61]
The Medinilla Magnifica [13-14]
Castle of Chateaubriand (Combourh, Brittany) [15-18]
Village of Shanklin, Isle of Wight [19-20]

No. 36: June [3 JY 61]
Thorvaldsen’s Statue of Byron [21-22]
Church of St. Ouen, Rouen (south side) [23-24]
View on the Ribble (level water) [25] (Fenton)

No. 37: July [5 AU 61]
Group of Fruit and Flowers by Fenton [27-28] (Fenton)
Thornicroft’s Statue of the Princess Helena as ‘Plenty’ [29] (Fenton, in artist’s studio)
Interior of the Church of St. Jacques, Tournai [31] (unnamed Belgian photographer)

No. 38: August [2 OC 61]
Group of Shells by Fenton (shells on open book) [33-36] (Fenton)
Carving in Box-Wood of the Crucifixion by Albert Durer [37] (in the possession of a gentleman of Belgium)
Village of Casterton, Westmoreland [39]

No. 39: September [2 OC 61] [41-48]
On the Beach at Shanklin, Isle of Wight (E. Edwards)
Westfield House, Isle of Wight, Seat of Sir Augustus Clifford
Marochetti’s Tomb of the Princess Elizabeth (daughter of Charles I, in Newport Church)

No. 40: October [9 NO 61]
West Front of St. Maclou, Rouen [49]
On Board the Yacht Maraquita [51] (Capt. Henry, in the open sea during voyage to Iceland)
Interior of the Chapel of the Sodality of Our Lady, Stonyhurst [53] (Fenton)

No. 41: November [6 DE 61]
Château de Leon, Josselin, Brittany [55-56] (Taylor)
Thornicroft’s Statue of James II [57-58]
Barrow Lane, Derbyshire [59]

No. 42: December [13 JA 62]
Flaxman’s Shield of Achilles (from copy in Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge) [61]
Hop-Picking in Kent [63-64]
Rouen Cathedral [65-66]

No. 43: January 1862 [6 MH 62]
Carisbrook Castle, Isle of Wight [67-68] (carriage & men standing by gateway)
The Queen’s Pew, in Whippingham Church (IoW) [69-70]
Hôtel de Ville, Audenarde [71]

No. 44: February [6 MH 62]
Maison des Bateliers, Ghent [73-74]
Waterfall at Casterton, Westmoreland [75]
Archery in a Park near Southampton [77-78]

No. 45: March [4 AP 62]
Ruins of the Castle of Ashby de la Zouche [79-80]
Market Day at Lannion, Brittany [81-82]
View of Glen Lledr, North Wales

No. 46: April [16 JU 62]
Stonyhurst College, Lancashire [85-86] (perspective along drive)
The Chateau Waffleurs, near Lausanne [87] (contributed by a gentleman long known among travelling amateur photographers as an ardent practitioner in the art)
End of the Landslip, Isle of Wight [89]

No. 47: May [16 JU 62]
Abbey of Lehon, near Dinan [91-92]
On the Ouse, York [93]
The Odontoglossum Grande Orchid and Ferns [95-96]

No. 48: June [17 JY 62]
View on the Hodder, Lancashire [97] (fr bridge? w diagonal ripples)
Group of Vases (in Kensington Museum) [99]
Black Marble Quarry, Derbyshire [101]
Porch of the Church of St. Vincent, Rouen [103]
At Bonchurch, Isle of Wight [105-106]

 

Volume 4,  1862-63
(from this volume the images are set in an impression rather than a line border)

No. 49: July 1862 [17 JY 62]
The following 3 photos and text by Morton Allport:
Hobart town (figures in foreground on slope) [1-2]
Forest in Tasmania [3-4]
Tree Ferns in ditto [5]

No. 50: August [9 AU 62]
Fountain at Bonchurch (IoW) [7]
Church of St. Quentin, Tournay (interior) [9]
Tan Aldrach, N. Wales [11] (damage to –ve emulsion in R image)

No. 51: September [2 SE 62]
South Porch of St. Ouen, Rouen [13] (taken by the late Mr Howlett)
St. John’s College, Oxford (oriel window) [15-16]
Haymaking (row of six figures) [17-18]

No. 52: October [12 NO 62]
Westfield Library (IoW) (lighted from the roof) [19]
Indian Medicine Seller [21]
Ivory Tankard and Fruit (mirror on left) [23] (Fenton)

No. 53: November [3 NO 62]
Cottage at Smallbrook, Isle of Wight (man at gate) [25-26]
Statue of Silence (Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge) [27] (Ernest Edwards)
Valley of the Flon, Switzerland [29-30]

No. 54: December [2 DE 62]
Source of the Thames (The Seven Springs) [31-32]
Carisbrook Church (lawn w figures, pond in f’ground) [33-34]
Trinity Chapel, Cambridge (interior) [35] (Ernest Edwards)

No. 55: January 1863 [14 JA 63]
Queen Elizabeth’s Workbox (in poss. of Sir Aug. Clifford) [37]
Crab Inn, Shanklin (image missing!) [39]
Roodscreen, Dixmude [41]

No. 56: February [4 FE 63]
Fruit and Flower (larger figure on left) [43] (last of Fenton)
Down the Lledr, Wales (path on left) [45]
Whippingham Church, Isle of Wight [47-48]

No. 57: March [12 MH 63]
Rowtor Rocks, Derbyshire [49]
Gardens, Stonyhurst [51]
Hodder Old Bridge (arch to left across pebbly water) [53]

No. 58: April [4 AP 63]
Hindoo Lady [55] (Capt. Allan Scott)
Hôtel de Ville, Louvain [57]
Summer Retreat, Shanklin [59]

No. 59: May [14 MY 63]
Doorway of St. Ouen, Rouen [61]
Indian Shopkeeper [63]
Pont-y-Pant, Wales (towards bridge, path on right, phot. wagon in b’ground) [65] (damage to L –ve)

No. 60: June [13 JU 63]
Carved Figures, British Museum (taken on roof) [67]
Cathedral, Tournay [69-70]
Indian Tailor [71]

No. 61: July [3 JY 63]
Cross of St. Esprit, Dinan [73]
Milk Hedge, India (2 figures w prickly pear behind) [75]
Base of St. Roman, Rouen [77]

No. 62: August [6 AU 63]
Pool on the Machno, Wales [79]
West Front of St. Ouen, Rouen (figures in R not L) [81]
Indian Hawker [83]

No. 63: September [2 SE 63]
Brading Church (IoW) [85-86]
Caerhûn on the Conway [87-88]
Finisterre Peasants [[89-90] (from Jephson’s Walking Tour of Brittany)

No. 64: October [7 OC 63]
Ryde Pier (IoW) (vignette view, rapid exposure) [91-92]
Tower of the Constable, Vannes [93-94]
Doorway, Lichfield Cathedral [95]
Market-Day at Josselin [97]
Moel Siabod, Wales [99]

 

Volume 5,  1863-65

No. 65: November 1863 [5 JA 64]
Bridge at Hyderabad, India [1-2] (Capt. Allan Scott)
Sculpture in the British Museum (Thalia) [3] (3rd Graeco-Roman Saloon)
Guingcamp, Brittany [5]

No. 66: December [5 JA 64]
The Beaver Pool, North Wales [7]
On the Beach, Shanklin (carriage & cottage) [9]
The Collegiate Church, Stonyhurst [11]

No. 67: January 1864 [5 JA 64]
Porch of St. Mary’s Church, Oxford [13]
Miners’ Bridge on the Llugwy, North Wales [15]
Indian Jeweller (Hyderabad) [17]

No. 68: February [26 FE 64]
Château de la Forêt, near Quimper, Brittany [19-20] (taken on occasion of Jephson’s Walking Tour = Taylor?)
The Tiger in India [21]
Landslip, Isle of Wight [23-24]

No. 69: March [17 MH 64]
Entrance to King’s College Chapel, Cambridge [25-26]
Tomb of the Duchess Anne of Brittany [27-28]
Old Hodder Bridge (central) [29]

No. 70: April [2 MY 64]
On the Moselle (boat to left) [31]
Ancient Dolmen, Carnac [33-34]
The Fordd Nevin, North Wales [35-36]

No. 71: May [10 JU 64]
The Taylor and Randolph Building, Oxford [37-38]
Down the Llugwy, North Wales [39]
Ruins of Hindoo Tombs and Temples at Secunderabad [41-42]

No. 72: June [27 JY 64]
Ancient Marble Chimneypiece (in Banqueting Hall, Château de Josselin, Brittany) [43]
Ruins of Roman Baths at Treves [45-46]
The Bheastie, or Water-Carrier (bullock) [47-48]

No. 73: July [27 JY 64]
Remains of a Roman Amphitheatre at Treves [49]
Choir of Amiens Cathedral [51]
Falls of the Llugwy, North Wales [53-54]

No. 74: August [26 SE 64]
Castle of Hennebon, Brittany [55-56]
On the Ribble, Lancashire (w gravel carters) [57]
The Indian Cheetah [59]

No. 75: September [26 SE 64]
Castle Howard [61-65]
The Indian Ton-Ton (Secunderabad) [67]
Pont-y-Pair, North Wales [69]

No. 76: October [8 OC 64]
Berncastle on the Moselle [71]
Traben on the Moselle [73]
On the Banks of the Liffey [75]

No. 77: November
Pool on the Llugwy [77]
Hindoo Dancing Girls [79]
The Town of Zell [81]

No. 78: December [5 DE 64]
View on the Moselle (seen over rooftops) [83]
Vale of Tieffenbach, On the Moselle [85]
Druidical Stone, Morbihan [87-88] (originally taken for Jephson’s ‘Walking Tour’)

No. 79: January 1865 [20 FE 65]
Rocks in the Llugwy, North Wales [89-90]
A Parsee Servant [91] (problem w –ve top right of L image)
Harbour of Auray, Brittany [93]

No. 80: February [20 FE 65]
The Hindoo Bangle-Seller [95]
Castle of Sucinio [97-98]
Gloucester and its Cathedral Tower [99]
The Llyn Glas, or Blue Lake [101]
Gorge of Fallierd, near Treves [103] (taken by an amateur photographer)

 

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