Optical Toy: "Windermere" (Spooner's Protean Views, no. 7)

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Object Details

Publisher

William Spooner, England, active 1830 – 1854

Catalogue Status

Research in Progress

Description

View of Lake Windermere seen from a hill. When held to the light, the scene shows a railway viaduct across the Lake. Below, title and: "Which on holding up to a strong light changes to a view of the Viaduct of the Greenwich Railroad." Publisher's name below.

Credit Line

Gift of Hamill and Barker

Date

ca. 1838

Accession Number

1961-105-12

Restrictions & Rights

CC0

Object Name

Type

Medium

Lithograph, brush and watercolor on paper, mounted

Dimensions

22.5 × 28.5 cm (8 7/8 × 11 1/4 in.)

made in

London, England

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Data Source

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4cefcf5ab-b632-4358-a168-af76537c32e9

Record ID

chndm_1961-105-12