Interior of the Crystal Palace paper peep show
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Title
Interior of the Crystal Palace paper peep show
Subject
Crystal Palace
Description
The interior of the Crystal Palace in a tunnel book or peep show. Used to memorialize a scene in the past and make the viewer feel as though they are "peeping" in on history or as though they has stepped into the scene.
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/museums-giant-collection-of-paper-peepshow-offers-pinhole-into-past-180960012/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/museums-giant-collection-of-paper-peepshow-offers-pinhole-into-past-180960012/
Creator
(unknown)
Dennis Crompton digitized
Dennis Crompton digitized
Source
Victoria and Albert Museum
Publisher
book collectors Jacqueline and Jonathan Gestetner
Date
1851
Format
paper
Type
Physical object
Files
Citation
(unknown)
Dennis Crompton digitized, “Interior of the Crystal Palace paper peep show,” Materiality and Spectacle in Nineteenth Century United States 2017, accessed May 18, 2024, https://ds-omeka.haverford.edu/materiality/items/show/47.