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**Official Release from The Cherry Kearton Archive Ltd™**Welcome to The Cherry Kearton Archive Ltd™. We are proud to present a scarce, highly collectable piece of early 1900s natural history:
Rare Antique Kearton Stereoscopic Nature Studies – Series VI - Complete 12 Card Set with Original Outer Envelope
Description:Up for sale is a rare, complete vintage set of The Kearton Stereoscopic Slides of Wild Birds and Beasts at Home (Series III). Published in the early 1900s, this set features early wildlife photography pioneer Richard Kearton, F.Z.S.
Details & Condition:
Includes: Complete set of 12 numbered stereoscopic study cards + original paper outer envelope.
Front: High-contrast monochrome stereoscopic photo pairs with title/captions at bottom and margins.
Back: Full educational text descriptions written and attributed by R. Kearton, F.Z.S.
Card Condition: Excellent antique condition. Cards are clean, flat, and unbent with crisp text on the reverse. Minimal age toning/foxing.
Envelope Condition: Original paper envelope included. Shows edge wear/toning consistent with use and age, structurally intact on 3 sides—a rare survival!
Please refer to photos for condition.
Individual Card Titles Included (Nos. 1–12):
No. 1: Female Wheatear
No. 2: Young Starling
No. 3: Young Wryneck
No. 4: Sandwich Tern's Egg & Young
No. 5: Natterjack Toads
No. 6: The Twite
No. 7: Robin Redbreast
No. 8: Red-Breasted Merganser's Nest
No. 9: Young Song Thrushes
No. 10: Nestling Spotted Flycatcher
No. 11: Jay and Young
No. 12: Young Herring Gulls
**Shipping & Packaging:**We treat these pieces with the archival respect they deserve. Your postcard will be placed in a protective, acid-free sleeve and shipped completely flat, securely sandwiched between cardboard to guarantee it arrives in perfect condition.About the Seller:
The Cherry Kearton Archive Ltd is the official repository for the life's work of Richard and Cherry Kearton. We're committed to preserving these landmark natural history artefacts sothey remain available to collectors and historians. As confirmed by official correspondence with the Natural History Museum, our material represents the dawn of modern wildlife photography.
