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Telescopic View of the Interior of the Great Industrial Exhibition.
by LANE, C
Original price
£750.00
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Original price
£750.00
Original price
£750.00
£750.00
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£750.00
Current price
£750.00
London: C. Lane. 1851.
A 19th century virtual reality experience of the Great Exhibition.
Accordion-style paper peepshow of the Great Exhibition in 1851. 160 x 175 mm extending to c650mm. Ten hand-coloured lithographic cardboard panels, eight with die-cut openings and the other two providing the front and back covers. The front panel has a viewing lens. Housed in the original slipcase which is stained and slightly torn in places and there is some soiling to the front and back panels but otherwise in very good condition with the internal prints particularly clean.
This entertaining memento of the of the Great Exhibition shows the interior of the Crystal Palace depicting the view towards the British Nave across the Transept from the Foreign Nave.
Front cover: the title, a herald drawing a family's attention to the Crystal Palace, and the artist's name.
Panel 1: visitors in the Crystal Palace.
Panel 2 -3: visitors in the Foreign Nave, with equestrian statues.
Panel 4: visitors in the Transept, with the Crystal Fountain.
Panel 5: visitors in the British Nave, with the Silk Trophy.
Panel 6 - 7: visitors in the British Nave, with glass exhibits.
Panel 8: visitors in the British Nave, with the Seeley Fountain.
Back panel: visitors inside the Crystal Palace.
