Collection Highlights
"Columbia Demands Her Children"
Date:
1864
Object Number:
PR.010.1864.30
Medium:
Paper
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Museum Collections
Peepshow: Baily Rawlins' Expanding View Of The Queen's Visit To The Civic Entert
Object Number:
INV.8082
Date:
1830-1850
Medium:
Cardboard, textile
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 1/2 x 7 1/4 x 1/4 in. ( 16.5 x 18.4 x 0.6 cm )
Marks:
printed: on cover of peepshow, top and bottom: "BAILEY RAWLINS'/EXPANDING VIEW OF THE QUEEN'S/VISIT TO THE CIVIC ENTERTAINMENT"
printed: on oval sticker affixed to bottom (or reverse) of peepshow: "Arthur S. Vern[illeg.]/Nos. 10 & 12/East 45th St. N. Y.[
Description:
Printed cardboard and textile peep-show or "perspective" showing Queen Victoria's visit to a civic function; cover shows Queen Victoria surrounded by her court stepping up to a throne with a circular window above with the Royal coat of arms and a banner reading, BAILY RAWLINS' EXPANDING VIEW OF THE QUEEN'S VISIT TO THE CIVIC ENTERTAINMENT; interior with accordian folds each decorated with interior views of a Gothic structure with crowds of people.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
