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Dr. Peter Blair: Scotland - The Cradle of Stereoscopy

The commercial take-off of stereoscopy was due to the ingenuity and enthusiasm of Sir David Brewster, Principal of St Andrews in Scotland. Sir Charles Wheatstone's invention languished as a scientific curiosity throughout the 1840s. Brewster started developing lenticular stereoscopes and demonstrated them in late 1848. On a visit to Paris, Brewster persuaded Dubosq of the potential of the stereoscope and it became part of Dubosq's medal winning display at the London Great Exhibition of 1851. By 1856 Brewster could claim that 500,000 of his stereoscopes had been sold and 3D had become by far the most popular format of photograph. Scottish photographers were early adopters of the technology, with George Washington Wilson already exhibiting stereoscopic photographs in 1853. GWW's training as an artist ensured beautiful compositions but he also pushed the boundaries of technology, taking images directly into the sun and the first instantaneous street photographs. His work became a benchmark against which other photographers were measured. Around 200 Scottish stereo-photographers have been identified and a selection of their best work will be displayed.