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[Perspektiefs: Nieuwe cartons om uit te snijden]
Peepshow
1860 (published)
1860 (published)
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| Place of origin |
The following five series are represented in this set:
No. 2. Willemskerk te ‘s-Gravenhage
No. 4. De Maas te Rotterdam
No. 5. Pavilloen in den Hout te Haarlem
No. 8. Groenmarkt
No. 12. Groot Gemaskerd Bal
Each tableau consists of a front-face with a peep-hole, four cut-out panels and a back scene. Each panel can be populated with slot-in figures.
No. 8. Groenmarkt: The front face of this series shows a woman her daughters arriving at a fruit and vegetable stall where a sales woman or costermonger sits. The peephole is oblong-shaped and is hinged enabling the viewer to open and close it. The peepshow’s title is printed on it ‘De Nieuwe Fruit-en Groenwinkel’ which translates as ‘The new fruit and vegetable market’. This market still exists in the heart of The Hague. Across the panels the viewer can spot a range of costermongers and shoppers.
No.12. ‘Groot Gemaskerd Bal’ translated as ‘The masquerade ball’ shows a crowd of people in fancy dress arriving at the venue’s front door. At the side of the door are posters which announce the ball and provide the tableaux’s title. The viewer can peep into the scene through the upper window in the front door. There are in total 26 slits for figures in costume as well as two chandeliers which are suspended from the middle panels. The middle panels are filled with dancing figures and the back panel is illustrated with an orchestra.
Modern red case covered in marbled paper with the erroneous title 'Peep-Show Netherlands c. 1820'.
No. 2. Willemskerk te ‘s-Gravenhage
No. 4. De Maas te Rotterdam
No. 5. Pavilloen in den Hout te Haarlem
No. 8. Groenmarkt
No. 12. Groot Gemaskerd Bal
Each tableau consists of a front-face with a peep-hole, four cut-out panels and a back scene. Each panel can be populated with slot-in figures.
No. 8. Groenmarkt: The front face of this series shows a woman her daughters arriving at a fruit and vegetable stall where a sales woman or costermonger sits. The peephole is oblong-shaped and is hinged enabling the viewer to open and close it. The peepshow’s title is printed on it ‘De Nieuwe Fruit-en Groenwinkel’ which translates as ‘The new fruit and vegetable market’. This market still exists in the heart of The Hague. Across the panels the viewer can spot a range of costermongers and shoppers.
No.12. ‘Groot Gemaskerd Bal’ translated as ‘The masquerade ball’ shows a crowd of people in fancy dress arriving at the venue’s front door. At the side of the door are posters which announce the ball and provide the tableaux’s title. The viewer can peep into the scene through the upper window in the front door. There are in total 26 slits for figures in costume as well as two chandeliers which are suspended from the middle panels. The middle panels are filled with dancing figures and the back panel is illustrated with an orchestra.
Modern red case covered in marbled paper with the erroneous title 'Peep-Show Netherlands c. 1820'.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | [Perspektiefs: Nieuwe cartons om uit te snijden] (series title) |
| Materials and techniques | paper, printing |
| Brief description | Table-top tableaux. [Perspektiefs: Nieuwe cartons om uit te snijden], ['s Gravenhage i.e. The Hague] : [Steendrukkerij van H.L. von Hoogstraten], [c. 1860]. |
| Physical description | The following five series are represented in this set: No. 2. Willemskerk te ‘s-Gravenhage No. 4. De Maas te Rotterdam No. 5. Pavilloen in den Hout te Haarlem No. 8. Groenmarkt No. 12. Groot Gemaskerd Bal Each tableau consists of a front-face with a peep-hole, four cut-out panels and a back scene. Each panel can be populated with slot-in figures. No. 8. Groenmarkt: The front face of this series shows a woman her daughters arriving at a fruit and vegetable stall where a sales woman or costermonger sits. The peephole is oblong-shaped and is hinged enabling the viewer to open and close it. The peepshow’s title is printed on it ‘De Nieuwe Fruit-en Groenwinkel’ which translates as ‘The new fruit and vegetable market’. This market still exists in the heart of The Hague. Across the panels the viewer can spot a range of costermongers and shoppers. No.12. ‘Groot Gemaskerd Bal’ translated as ‘The masquerade ball’ shows a crowd of people in fancy dress arriving at the venue’s front door. At the side of the door are posters which announce the ball and provide the tableaux’s title. The viewer can peep into the scene through the upper window in the front door. There are in total 26 slits for figures in costume as well as two chandeliers which are suspended from the middle panels. The middle panels are filled with dancing figures and the back panel is illustrated with an orchestra. Modern red case covered in marbled paper with the erroneous title 'Peep-Show Netherlands c. 1820'. |
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| Production type | Mass produced |
| Credit line | Accepted under the Cultural Gifts Scheme by HM Government from the collections of Jacqueline and Jonathan Gestetner and allocated to the Victoria and Albert Museum, 2016. |
| Object history | Part of the Jacqueline and Jonathan Gestetner Collection, collected over 30 years and given to the V&A Museum through the government's Cultural Gift Scheme in 2016. |
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| Collection | |
| Library number | Gestetner 367 |
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| Record created | October 4, 2016 |
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