Of interest to collectors and local history enthusiasts alike, this collection of 22 glass stereoviews comprises scenes of Tottenham House, Marlborough as photographed by a French family on their visit in 1913. Tottenham House is a 100-room country mansion at Great Bedwyn, close to the market town of Marlborough, Wiltshire. The site has a history that dates right back to the Norman Conquest but the current Italianate style house was commissioned in 1721 by the 3rd Earl of Burlington, with the building being designed by William Kent and the grounds landscaped by Lancelot 'Capability' Brown. For centuries, Tottenham House was the ancestral home of the Earl of Cardigan, but it sold in 2014 to billionaire hedge fund manager Chris Rokos who is currently overseeing a comprehensive programme of restoration.

These fantastic images provide a wonderful insight into how this house would have looked in its prime, with the collection including scenes of the Grand Hall, lady's dressing room, dining room, library, entrance hall, music room and grounds. All of the images are hand-annotated, in French. All are unique and unpublished images and are printed onto glass and in the standard Jules Richard Verascope format (45mm x 108mm). Thanks to the magic of stereoscopy - whereby pairs of near identical images are taken from slightly differing viewpoints and then viewed using a suitable stereoscope - these images give a fantastic illusion of three dimensions. The slides come complete with a Bakelite slide carrier suitable for use in Jules Richard 'Taxiphote' type stereoscopes, but are equally suitable for a wide range of hand-held stereoviewers that are frequently available on eBay, Etsy etc.