Museum of the English missionary society in London
Paper Peepshow
[1850] (published)
[1850] (published)
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Accordion-folding peepshow of the Museum of the English Missionary Society in London, once located on Blomfield St, London.
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| Materials and techniques | paper |
| Brief description | Paper peepshow, Museum der englischen Misions Gesellschaft in London / la musée de la so liété [sic] de mission aires [sic] à Londres / Museum of the English missionary society in London, [Germany, 1850]. |
| Physical description | Accordion-folding paper peepshow. 4 cut-out panels. Hand-coloured lithographs. Peepshow contained in cartonnage box. Front panel: the front panel forms the lid of the box and has a printed scene of the museum's interior. Panel 1: two couples looking at the display cases. Panel 2: a man with a boy and girl, points to the displays. Panel 3: a seated woman with two men and a taxidermied giraffe. Panel 4: a woman and boy looking at a display case. Back panel: two women and three men peruse the walls of exhibits. |
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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. |
| Summary | Accordion-folding peepshow of the Museum of the English Missionary Society in London, once located on Blomfield St, London. |
| Bibliographic reference | R. Hyde, Paper Peepshows. The Jacqueline and Jonathan Gestetner Collection (Woodbridge: The Antique Collector's Club, 2014), cat. 165. |
| Other number | 2014037 - Previous number |
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| Library number | Gestetner 165 |
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| Record created | December 2, 2016 |
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