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

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