Stereo analysis
AnalyzedVerdict
Camera moved / alignment issue70%
The pair does not align reliably enough for a trustworthy depth reading; scan skew can also contribute.
- Depth spread
- 5px
- The range of horizontal difference between the two views. More spread generally means more depth; 0–1 px usually indicates a monoview.
- Match
- 87%
- The share of usable picture detail that can be matched between the left and right views. A higher number means a more reliable comparison.
- Vertical
- 4px
- Vertical drift between matched details. Lower is better; 4 px or more can indicate camera movement, scan skew, or poor alignment.
A cream-mounted stereoview captioned “No. 318. Intr. of the Oldest House, in Nantucket.” The left margin carries the copyright notice of C. H. Shute & Son, Edgartown, Massachusetts, dated 1875.
A seated figure in a dark coat, knee breeches and light stockings occupies a chair beside the broad fireplace. A large spinning wheel stands immediately behind, with smaller winding devices and chairs arranged across the plank floor. Vessels line the mantel, hats hang against patterned wallpaper, and heavy beams cross the low ceiling. The figure is unidentified; the scans do not establish whether this is a sitter or a dressed display figure.
The reverse explicitly credits C. H. Shute & Son as both photographer and publisher. Its advertisement includes Nantucket among views offered alongside Martha’s Vineyard subjects and “A Whaling Voyage.” This is a general stock advertisement, not a numbered checklist. A blue-ink name inscription appears to read “E. H. Matthews.” A separate pencil notation near the corner is only partly legible.
A small dark mark beside the figure’s lower leg in the right-hand image and a few smaller spots elsewhere; otherwise clean and sound.
- Title on card
- No. 318. Intr. of the Oldest House, in Nantucket.
- Medium
- Stereoview
- Subject
- Massachusetts
- Dimensions
- 6.97 × 3.47 in (177.0 × 88.2 mm)
- Condition
- A small dark mark beside the figure’s lower leg in the right-hand image and a few smaller spots elsewhere; otherwise clean and sound.
- Provenance
- The verso bears a blue-ink name inscription apparently reading “E. H. Matthews.” The writer and any ownership history remain unverified.
- Catalogue no.
- MSV1831
Catalogue details
Location
Oldest House (Jethro Coffin House), Sunset Hill · Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States
Photographed subject · Exact site · 90% confidence
Card reads "No. 318. Intr. of the Oldest House, in Nantucket." The Oldest House is the 1686 Jethro Coffin House on Sunset Hill, still on its original site.
Source: National Register/NHL nomination; Nantucket Historical Association
