1849 im Berliner Guckkasten

T.H. Hoseman

Colored engraving

Germany

1850

4" x 6 1/2"

 

From title page of Berlin wie es ißt und trinkt by Adolf Brennglas,Leipzig(B391).

 

0835

 

 



Der Guckkasten

Anon

Colored engraving

Germany

c. 1850

6 1/2" x 8"

 

A plate from an untitled book (B481) with accompanying text. It begins: "Come here you children big and small and peep into my show for little money" and ends It's over now and you must pay."

 

2793



Peepshow

Anon

Engraving

France

c.1850

2 1/4" x 2"

 

Page from: Les Beaux Jours du Jeune Age(B378). Book also includes a page with magic lantern show.

 

0837


La Lanterne Chinoise

L. Lassalle after F. Boucher

Lithograph

France

c. 1850

7" x 9"

 

0838


The Showman

Anon.

Hand-colored etching in acquatint

Great Britain

c. 1850

9" x 7"

 

Part of a set of four etchings showing rural English scenes

 

0839


Nouvelle Lanterne Magique Pièces Curieuses

Anon

Tinted Lithograph

France

c. 1850

9" x 11 1/2"

 

0840



Polichinelle

Anon

Engraving

France

c.1850

4" x 6"

 

Page from: Alphabet Pour Les Enfants(B357).

 

0841

 



Optique

Bouchos

Hand-colored engraving

France

c. 1850

5 3/4" x 8 1/2"

 

A page from: Alphabet Pittoresque(B212).

 

0842



F.F.

Graphite on paper

1851

3 3/4" x 5 1/2"

 

Etching

5 1/4 x 7 1/4"

0843

 

A sketch and print of a man showing two boys views in a peepbox.

 

 

0843A


Le Spectre Rouge

C.H. Vernier

Pencil and paint

France

c.1852

13 3/4" x 9 1/2"

 

L'ere Des Cesars Le Spectre Rouge a political cartoon with the transformation of a stately Cesar through a peepbox

 

0845



The German Fair

Anonymous

Engraving

Germany

c. 1880

13" x 17"

 

Published by William Englemann, Leipzig.

 

0869