View from L'Angostura de Paine in Chile
Paper Peepshow
ca.1835 (made)
ca.1835 (made)
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This homemade work is attributed to Maria Graham, later Lady Callcott, because it is based on a print which illustrated her Journal of a residence in Chile during the year 1822, and a voyage from Chile to Brazil in 1823 (London, 1824). The style of the handwriting on the reverse is similar to that on another paper peepshow in the Collection, also attributed to her (Gestetner 229, see references). Maria Graham was an artist, world traveller, published author, botanist, editor and art historian.
The front panel uses the bowing branches of a tree to create a peep-hole. This is very much in the manner of Teleorama No. 1 (Gestetner 1, see references), published ca. 1825 in Vienna, by Heinrich Friedrich Müller, the first recorded publisher of paper peepshows. Maria Graham might have seen Müller’s work when she visited Austria in 1828.
For more on Maria Graham and this peepshow, see our blog post, (see references).
The front panel uses the bowing branches of a tree to create a peep-hole. This is very much in the manner of Teleorama No. 1 (Gestetner 1, see references), published ca. 1825 in Vienna, by Heinrich Friedrich Müller, the first recorded publisher of paper peepshows. Maria Graham might have seen Müller’s work when she visited Austria in 1828.
For more on Maria Graham and this peepshow, see our blog post, (see references).
Object details
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| Title | View from L'Angostura de Paine in Chile (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | paper, cotton |
| Brief description | View from L'Angostura de Paine in Chile, attributed to Maria Callcott, ca.1835 |
| Physical description | Accordion-style paper peepshow showing view of L’Angostura de Paine in Chile. 3 cut-out panels. Watercolour drawing. Expands to approximately 46 cm. Front-face: a view of a large tree in the foreground and more trees in the distance. The peep-hole consists of the irregular space below the branch of the tree. Panel 1: a European-looking woman speaking with a native man along the road, surrounded by cacti. The cut-out figures are pasted on. Panel 2: a hut on a small island, two fishermen embarking in a boat to the side. Panel 3: snow-capped mountains, with a small hamlet at their foot. Back panel: snowy peaks of mountains. |
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| Production type | Unique |
| 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. |
| Summary | This homemade work is attributed to Maria Graham, later Lady Callcott, because it is based on a print which illustrated her Journal of a residence in Chile during the year 1822, and a voyage from Chile to Brazil in 1823 (London, 1824). The style of the handwriting on the reverse is similar to that on another paper peepshow in the Collection, also attributed to her (Gestetner 229, see references). Maria Graham was an artist, world traveller, published author, botanist, editor and art historian. The front panel uses the bowing branches of a tree to create a peep-hole. This is very much in the manner of Teleorama No. 1 (Gestetner 1, see references), published ca. 1825 in Vienna, by Heinrich Friedrich Müller, the first recorded publisher of paper peepshows. Maria Graham might have seen Müller’s work when she visited Austria in 1828. For more on Maria Graham and this peepshow, see our blog post, (see references). |
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| Library number | Gestetner 228 |
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| Record created | July 25, 2016 |
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