Peep show with eighteen paper slides of French scenes

Made:
1825-1835 in France
Peep show with eighteen paper slides of French scenes

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Peep show with 18 paper slides, French, 1848. (1) Le Chateau de Granson (Lac de Neufchatel); (2) Lugano; (3) Nantes - la Source de la Loire; (4) Boulogne - Le Port et la Douane; (5) Bordeaux - les Quais et le Grand Theatre; (6) Bingen sur le Rhin; (7) Chateau de Fontaineblau (salle a manger); (8) Rouen - le Palais de Justice; (9) Londres et le Tunnel; (10) Jardin des Tuilleries (Paris); (11) Notre Dame de Paris - et service funebre de l'Archeveque. Juin 1848; (12) Lyon - l'Hotel de Ville; (13) Bords de la mer a Naples; (15) Le Havre - Honfleur; (16) Grand Trianon (Versailles); (17) Chateau de Versailles; (18) Le Chateau de Granson (Lac de Neufchatel); (19) Venise

Details

Category:
Optics
Object Number:
1985-2214/30
Materials:
wood (unidentified), paper (fibre product), ink, paint, glass, textile, string and metal (unknown)
Measurements:
Box closed: 114 mm x 162 mm x 262 mm, 0.74 kg
Box open: 145 mm x 162 mm x 348 mm, 0.74 kg
Each slide: 103 mm x 142 mm x 4 mm, 0.005 kg
type:
peep show
credit:
National Maritime Museum

Parts

Le Chateau de Granson (Lac de Neufchatel) slide from peep show with 18 paper slides, French, 1848

Le Chateau de Granson (Lac de Neufchatel) slide from peep show with 18 paper slides

Le Chateau de Granson (Lac de Neufchatel) slide from peep show with 18 paper slides, French, 1848

Measurements:
overall (estimate): 103 mm x 142 mm x 4 mm, .005 kg
Materials:
wood (unidentified) , paper (fibre product) , ink , paint , glass , textile , string and metal (unknown)
Object Number:
1985-2214/30/1
type:
peep show slides
Bordeaux - les Quais et le Grand Theatre slide from peep show with 18 paper slides, French, 1848

Bordeaux - les Quais et le Grand Theatre slide from peep show with 18 paper slides

Bordeaux - les Quais et le Grand Theatre slide from peep show with 18 paper slides, French, 1848

Measurements:
overall (estimate): 103 mm x 142 mm x 4 mm, .005 kg
Materials:
wood (unidentified) , paper (fibre product) , ink , paint , glass , textile , string and metal (unknown)
Object Number:
1985-2214/30/5
type:
peep show slides
Chateau de Fontaineblau (salle a manger) slide from peep show with 18 paper slides, French, 1848

Chateau de Fontaineblau (salle a manger) slide from peep show with 18 paper slides

Chateau de Fontaineblau (salle a manger) slide from peep show with 18 paper slides, French, 1848

Measurements:
overall (estimate): 103 mm x 142 mm x 4 mm, .005 kg
Materials:
wood (unidentified) , paper (fibre product) , ink , paint , glass , textile , string and metal (unknown)
Object Number:
1985-2214/30/7
type:
peep show slides
Notre Dame de Paris - et service funebre de l'Archeveque. Juin 1848 slide from peep show with 18 paper slides, French, 1848

Notre Dame de Paris - et service funebre de l'Archeveque. (Archbishop)

Notre Dame de Paris - et service funebre de l'Archeveque. Juin 1848 slide from peep show with 18 paper slides, French, 1848

Measurements:
overall (estimate): 103 mm x 142 mm x 4 mm, .005 kg
Materials:
wood (unidentified) , paper (fibre product) , ink , paint , glass , textile , string and metal (unknown)
Object Number:
1985-2214/30/11
type:
peep show slides
Le Chateau de Granson (Lac de Neufchatel) slide from peep show with 18 paper slides, French, 1848

Le Chateau de Granson (Lac de Neufchatel) slide from peep show with 18 paper slides

Le Chateau de Granson (Lac de Neufchatel) slide from peep show with 18 paper slides, French, 1848

Measurements:
overall (estimate): 103 mm x 142 mm x 4 mm, .005 kg
Materials:
wood (unidentified) , paper (fibre product) , ink , paint , glass , textile , string and metal (unknown)
Object Number:
1985-2214/30/17
type:
peep show slides

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