Item Summary

Mounted hand-colored lithographic transformational print (transforming when held to a strong light), with printed label mounted beneath.

Descriptive Information

Title
Spooner's protean views. No. 27, Westminster Abbey fitted up for the coronation of Queen Victoria : changing to the ceremony of the homage.
Call Number
D East 60-62/GC138/Box 02/Normal/Vues d'Optique/Not Perforated GA 2024.04518
Identifier
ark:/88435/dcm900p7038
Publisher
London : William Spooner, 377 Strand, July 28th 1838.
Language
English
Date Created
1838
Extent
1 print : lithograph, hand-colored, mounted on cardboard ; mount 28.5 x 23 cm
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Notes
Title and imprint are printed on caption adhered to mount; image measures 17.4 x 13.3 cm.
Interior view of Westminster Abbey with empty throne, no figures inside the building. When held to light, the view transforms into a coronation scene with Queen Victoria seated on the throne, surrounded by figures.

Discovery Information

Subject
Victoria Queen of Great Britain 1819-1901—Coronation—Pictorial works
Westminster Abbey—Pictorial works
Prints, British—19th century
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/46b093cf-4285-4933-adb9-6f48dfc2c84d/manifest