This paper peepshow is another version of Optique No. 2, Intérieur d'Eglise, also in the collection (Gestetner 20). Compared to Optique No. 2, this one does not show the figures on the third cut-out panel, although this might due to historic damage. It also does not have the set of six extra cut-out images showing the Coronation of Charles X, for possible attachment to the panels (see Gestetner 20). Gestetner 21 and Gestetner 83 have the same front-face image, but they both show the Coronation of Charles X in Rheims Cathedral. However, the building on the front-face in this paper peepshow does not resemble Rheims Cathedral, and it is not clear if it intends to represent a specific building or a generic church.

‘Optiques’ is the French name for paper peepshows, and between ca. 1825 and ca. 1833 ‘optiques’ numbered 1 to 13 were published. As they share many physical characteristics, it is possible that they were printed by the same publisher.

The cut-out panels in this paper peepshow are rather simplistic. As a result, the effective illusion of depth is created more by the physical distance between the peep-hole and the back panel, and the strong perspective in the representation of the apse on the back panel.