A chance purchase in 2019 of a photographic album of Lincolnshire, and the research that followed, lead me to rediscover the tragically short life of Thomas Comer, the first fallen hero of the Boston Artillery. I am sharing his story on Armistice Day as a tribute to the young man, 110 years after his death.
Tag: Rebecca Sharpe
In-Person 3-D Talk and Workshop: ‘Visual Arts in the Stereoscope: An Overview’, 22nd Nov. 2025, Long Compton, UK.
The Brian May Archive of Stereoscopy are giving an in-person 3-D talk and workshop on Visual Arts in the Stereoscope as part of the RPS Visual Arts Group's Rollright meeting.
Free Online Halloween 3-D Talk: ‘Ghosts, Witches, Skeletons and Little Devils’ 31st Oct. 2025
The Brian May Archive of Stereoscopy are offering a free online 3-D talk so you can join them for spooktacular stereos this halloween.
Two Free Online 3-D Talks for Stereoscopy Day
For the 3rd International Stereoscopy Day, on 21st June 2024, The Brian May Archive of Stereoscopy are offering two free online 3-D talks.
‘Echoes of Depth: New Perspectives by the Victorian Virtual Reality Artists in Residence’: Free Exhibit, Surrey, UK
Watts Gallery, Surrey, UK, are holding a free exhibit by four of their Artists in Residence, Emma Brown, Drucilla Burrell, Lauren Thompson and Rebecca Sharpe. Inspired by 'Victorian Virtual Reality: Photographs from the Brian May Archive of Stereoscopy', it opens on February 20th 2024.
‘Introducing Art in the Victorian Parlour’: In-Person 3-D Talk, Surrey, UK
Join photo historians and curators Denis Pellerin and Rebecca Sharpe, from the Brian May Archive of Stereoscopy, at Watts Gallery - Artists' Village, Compton, Surrey, UK, on Tuesday 23rd January 2024 for a 3-D talk and the chance to access BMAS's handling collection.
Percival John Hay, 1875-1943, Ophthalmologist and Amateur Stereo-Photographer
In this Blog post we rediscover the life of Ophthalmologist and Amateur Stereo-Photographer Dr. Percival John Hay through his own stereo (3-D) photographs.
Clifton Bridge Visitor Centre: 3-D Photos with a Smartphone Workshops and 3-D Talk ‘Stereoscopy – A Victorian Phenomenon’ 25th Nov 2023
On Saturday 25th November 2023 Clifton Bridge and The Brian May Archive of Stereoscopy are offering workshops showing participants how to take their own 3-D photos with their smartphones, and afterwards Denis Pellerin, co-curator of The Brian May Archive of Stereoscopy will give a 3-D presentation to take viewers back to the Victorian era.
Create Your Own Stereoscopic Cyanotype: Workshop in Surrey (UK)
Visitors to Watts Gallery, Compton, can drop-in to the studio and learn how to make their own 3-D prints at the world's first (known) stereoscopic cyanotype workshop.
Alfred A. Hart: American Photographer for the Central Pacific Railroad, Remembered with a Stereoscopic Camera Memorial
In this Stereoscopy Day post, we're paying tribute to photographer Alfred A. Hart and California historian Mead B. Kibbey, looking at Hart's stereoscopic photos of the CPRR.










