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The Interior of the Crystal Palace in London

Peep-Show
1851 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Telescopic peep-show showing the interior of the Great Exhibition.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleThe Interior of the Crystal Palace in London (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Lithographs, coloured by hand
Brief description
Anonymous peep-show. 'The Interior of the Crystal Palace in London'. German, 1851.
Physical description
Telescopic peep-show showing the interior of the Great Exhibition.
Dimensions
  • Height: 185mm
  • Width: 230mm
  • Closed depth: 8mm
  • Fully extended depth: 530mm
Marks and inscriptions
The Interior of the Crystal Palace in London / A view into the Life and Doings of London during the / Great Industrial Exhibition (On cover, bottom left. Also in Greman (top left), French (top right) and Italian (bottom right))
Subject depicted
Place depicted
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1936, London: Board of Education, 1937.
Collection
Accession number
E.973-1936

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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