Collection Highlights
Elisha Kent Kane, M.D. (1820-1857)
Date:
1858
Object Number:
1859.1
Medium:
Oil on canvas
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Luce Center
Peepshow
Object Number:
INV.8083ab
Date:
1828
Medium:
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 1/2 x 5 7/8 x 1/4 in. ( 11.4 x 14.9 x 0.6 cm )
Marks:
printed: on slipcase, obverse: "A View of the/TUNNEL/under the/THAMES./Price 2 s Pubd. Feb. [1] 1828. Superior Edition 3s"
printed: on sticker affixed to reverse of slipcase: "W & A. ESSEX,/Bazaar,/Soho Square./Nos. 333./4.5 & 6"
printed: on cover of pe
Description:
Printed and hand-colored cardboard and paper peep-show or "perspective" with slip case showing the tunnel under the Thames River in London; rectangular cover with printed pink frame, inscription, and central oval window with cut-away view of river, riverbed, and tunnel; interior with acordian folds each decorated with views of the two tubes of the tunnel lit by lanterns with figures and horse-drawn carriages; in brown cardboard slipcase with oval illustration, cut-away view of the river, riverbed, and tunnel; retailer's label on obverse.
Gallery Label:
In 1823 Marc Isambard Brunel designed a tunnel under the Thames from Rotherthithe to Wapping. The tunnel was not completed until 1843.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
