James Ricalton’s China Stereoscopes

I first came across early American photojournalist James Ricalton’s (below looking like a fascinating chap) stereoscopes of China while researching my history of foreign correspondents in China, Through the Looking Glass (yes, Metropolitan Museum of Art – I already did that title!). Here though is an essay – China Through the Stereoscope – on Ricalton’s stereoscopes by Lissa Mitchell (I think there’s meant to be two S’s?) in New Zealand’s Off the Wall from 2014 (that I somehow missed when it first appeared). Well worth a look and a read.