A stereoscopic viewer was invented by David Brewster in 1849, but he could not get British manufacturers interested, so took it to Paris in 1850. There, he showed it to Louis Jules Duboscq-Soleil, who not only manufactured it but also began making his own stereoscopic daguerreotypes including this one. Along with natural history specimens, Duboscq-Soleil also photographed painted portraits and sculptures.
![[Portrait of a family in a garden], Louis Jules Duboscq-Soleil, 1851–1860](https://media.getty.edu/iiif/image/6ca32f5a-4362-455d-8168-e43c5bf14226/full/!1200,1200/0/default.jpg)
![[Family portrait outside a country home], Louis Jules Duboscq-Soleil, 1851–1860](https://media.getty.edu/iiif/image/6ff7ceae-e929-4c66-ae57-9833df0caa5b/full/!1200,1200/0/default.jpg)
![[Still life of a stuffed hawk clutching a smaller stuffed bird], Louis Jules Duboscq-Soleil, 1851–1855](https://media.getty.edu/iiif/image/049b0d49-8d6f-4825-a0fc-11013a68daba/full/!1200,1200/0/default.jpg)
![[Still life of boudoir with basket of flowers and white cat], Louis Jules Duboscq-Soleil, about 1855](https://media.getty.edu/iiif/image/7e40d4bb-606a-40cb-8304-f3c5b7013ff1/full/!1200,1200/0/default.jpg)
![[Portrait of a Black Woman and a Caucasian Woman], Louis Jules Duboscq-Soleil, about 1857](https://media.getty.edu/iiif/image/b745b45d-f619-4b0b-8643-010aa2ffef34/full/!1200,1200/0/default.jpg)
