Accession number
PML 87326
Published
[Germany : L.F., ca. 1830]
Credit line
Gift of Sara Greenway O'Dea in memory of Lauder Greenway, 2009.
Notes
Title from printed paper label on slipcase.
Telescopic peep show; hand-colored plates depict an English-style park. Four cut-out panels and backdrop plate are connected at top and bottom to stiff covers by accordion-pleated paper; final plate mounted on lower cover. Upper cover has one large round peephole.
Dated to about 1830 from costumes.
"L.F."--below the tri-lingual title on case.
Telescopic peep show; hand-colored plates depict an English-style park. Four cut-out panels and backdrop plate are connected at top and bottom to stiff covers by accordion-pleated paper; final plate mounted on lower cover. Upper cover has one large round peephole.
Dated to about 1830 from costumes.
"L.F."--below the tri-lingual title on case.
Description
[6] leaves of plates : col. ill. ; 14 x 16 cm.
Provenance
Presentation inscription: Ernest John Elleman given by Miss Gwilliam (or Gurliam?) Nov. 16, 1899; later presentation card laid in, indicating it was a birthday present from Nora Mellon to Lauder G. Greenway, Esq.; Sara Greenway O'Dea.
Binding
Issued in brown marbled paper case with printed paper label.
Classification
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