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
- 4px
- The range of horizontal difference between the two views. More spread generally means more depth; 0–1 px usually indicates a monoview.
- Match
- 99%
- 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.
Hand-colored stereoview of the east side of Lafayette Square, Washington, D.C., mounted on yellow card. Multi-story houses recede behind mostly bare trees, with an arched doorway, balconies, fencing and a street lamp visible through the branches. Red coloring emphasizes the brickwork; blue and pink wash the sky, with touches of green and yellow among the trees.
The front caption reads “Scene of the Sickles Tragedy, on the East side of Lafayette Square.” An ornamental printed reverse repeats the identification beneath the heading “Views in and about Washington City, 1859.” The two sides explicitly connect this street scene with the named Washington site.
The reverse associates the location with the shooting of United States District Attorney P. Barton Key by Hon. D. E. Sickles, described as “M. C. from New York City.” This is a photograph of the setting, not of the event. No photographer or publisher is named, and the series heading supplies the date 1859 rather than a separately documented exposure or printing date.
The photographs are clean and intact. Localized horizontal surface scuffing crosses the left side of the reverse; the card is otherwise sound.
- Title on card
- Scene of the Sickles Tragedy, on the East side of Lafayette Square.
- Medium
- Stereoview
- Subject
- Outdoor Scene, Yellow Mount
- Dimensions
- 6.73 × 3.37 in (170.9 × 85.5 mm)
- Condition
- Photographs clean and intact. Localized horizontal surface scuffing crosses the left side of the reverse; the card is otherwise sound.
- Catalogue no.
- MSV1868
Catalogue details
Location
Madison Place (east side of Lafayette Square), Washington, D.C. — scene of the 1859 Sickles–Key shooting · Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Photographed subject · Exact site · 82% confidence
Title: “Scene of the Sickles Tragedy, on the East side of Lafayette Square.” The east side of the square is Madison Place (Dolley Madison, Tayloe, Gunnell and Rodgers houses; the Rodgers house was the Washington Club). Pin on Madison Place at the Club House site, now 717 Madison Pl NW. Exact frame direction not verified.
