The last of the stereocards in my collection stamped “J.E. Ellam, Yarm” with a handwritten title on the verso features another example of a stereographer experimenting with 3D.

In “Rose Hill Gardens,” James has located his camera at the end of a grass pathway and positioned a child and then other figures in receding planes along its length.

The stereo effect is enhanced by the tree located in the near foreground whilst the composition effectively uses the matching white dresses and hats worn by the featured children.

The prints are again different in size. In this example, they are two-and-three-quarter inches square perhaps suggesting that yet another camera was being used.

Again, James uses black card on which to present his stereos, a style which he adopted in the following years. 

Here though the images are mounted within the card rather than being pasted directly on to it.

As to location, the Historic England website features a listed building in Yarm named “Old Rosehill” so perhaps this featured a garden that was open to the Victorian public.

https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1039867

Tomorrow: “Whitby Abbey.”

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