Title: | Clovis and Alaric |
Date: | c. 1860 |
Material: | Albumen print, hand-watercolored, cardboard mount |
Dimensions: | 3¼ × 6¾ in. |
The left and right images in this view have been hand-tinted with different colors, taking advantage of binocular rivalry to simulate the metallic luster of bronze when viewed through a stereoscope.
Clovis, on horseback, was the king of the Franks and Alaric king of the Goths when their armies met in 507 at the Battle of Vouille. Alaric lost.
