The Embassy Leave the Metropolitan for the City Hall, the Seventh Regiment Form a Hollow Square With the Carriages of the Embassy in the Middle 1860

"The Embassy Leave the Metropolitan for the City Hall, the Seventh Regiment Form a Hollow Square With the Carriages of the Embassy in the Middle" is a stereoscopic photograph by Edward Anthony, taken in 1860. This image captures a scene of a grand procession, likely a diplomatic event in New York City, showing a large crowd, the Seventh Regiment of the National Guard, and a line of carriages. Anthony was a pioneering American photographer, known for his early use of stereography, a technique that creates a three-dimensional effect when viewed through a stereoscope. This image showcases the development of photography in the 19th century, and serves as a visual record of a significant historical event.