Item Summary

Descriptive Information

Title
Spooner's protean views. No. 24, Guildhall London : exhibiting the civic banquet to the Queen.
Call Number
D East 60-62/GC138/Box 02/Normal/Vues d'Optique/Not Perforated GA 2024.04517
Identifier
ark:/88435/dcjd4739082
Publisher
London : William Spooner, 377 Strand, [1838?]
Language
English
Date Created
1838
Extent
1 print : lithograph, hand-colored, mounted on cardboard ; mount 23 x 29 cm
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Notes
Title and imprint are printed on caption adhered to mount; image measures 15 x 18 cm.
Scene of the Guildhall, London, empty expect for three figures. When held up to the light, the empty hall is transformed into a banquet scene with Queen Victoria seated at the centre of a long table, surrounded by figures.
Mounted hand-coloured lithographic transformational print (transforming when held to a strong light), with printed mounted label beneath.

Discovery Information

Subject
Victoria Queen of Great Britain 1819-1901—Pictorial works
Guildhall (London, England)—Pictorial works
Prints, British—19th century
color lithographs
optical illusion

Physical Characteristics

File Count
4

Institutional Information

Collection
Omega Project
Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/50bef50f-837a-4f9b-a927-976addd032ac/manifest