One hundred and fifty years ago, on 19 October 1875, the inventor of the stereoscope, Charles Wheatstone died in a Paris hotel room with a few friends and his family at his side. To celebrate the anniversary of his death, photo historian Denis Pellerin, from the Brian May Archive of Stereoscopy, will take you on a journey back in time and tell you about Sir Charles’ last days and funeral services before examining what is left a century and a half later to remember this brilliant man, this polymath whose main purpose in life was to invent things which could have practical applications.
A link to the Zoom talk will be sent to the attendees the day before the event, which will take place on Saturday 18 October, at 4.00 p.m. BST (British Summer Time).
The talk will not be recorded and will use side-by-side stereoscopic pairs. There will be flat images too as a lot of the documents presented are unfortunately not in stereo but these will also be shown side-by side.
A 3-D lorgnette (Owl, Loreo), mirror viewer (Berezin, NVP3D) or prism glasses (Berezin, NVP3D) will be needed to see the images in full depth.
A detailed article about Wheatstone’s last days will be published on October 19th and there will be a couple of surprises too ! Stay tuned ! !
NOTE: Registration will open on Saturday 27 September 2025 at midday and close on 17 October also at midday.
