| Cosmic Phasmacoric ImagesGerman c. 1850 6 1/4" x 6 1/4" x 8"
Plain wood box with papered front and top. Label on top in English, German, and French. Includes six transforming views
0715 |
| Polyorama PanoptiqueWood and paper France c.1850 6" x 5" x 5"
The box includes twelve views.
0709 |
| Polyorama PanoptiqueWood and paper France c.1850 8 1/2" x 7" x 5"
The box includes twelve views.
1693 |
| Polyorama PanoptiqueWood and paper France c. 1850 10 1/4" x 8" x 14"
A fixed focus polyorama with twelve views.
0711 |
| Polyorama PanoptiqueWood and paper France c. 1850 6 1/4" x 4 1/4" x 10 1/4"
A fixed focus polyorama with twelve views.
0712 |
| Wood box &paper views France c.1860 Box: 15" x 23" x 11", Views: 13 1/4" x 10 1/4"
A boxed set of twenty six large sized Polyorama Panoptique views with an accompanying wooden box with two fitted lenses. At some point this set was owned by someone at the State Supreme Court of Maine and a list of the views was made.
1. Boulevard des Italiens (Paris)/ Night 2. Plas de La Concord (Paris)/ Grand festival in honor of Louis Napoleon 3. Church of St. James (outside Paris)/Night scene in the church 4. The Tuileries Garden (Paris)/The Garden of Luxenburg illuminated 5. Grand Hall of the Council of Venice/Meeting of the Council 6. Bridge of Sighs (Venice)/The prison within with a prisoner and guard 7. A view of Zurich from the river banks/ Night scene 8. Terrace of Osborne House, Isle of Wight (the summer residence of Queen Victoria)/ Interior of Osborne House 9. Gallery of Louis XIV (Versailles)/ Summer scene at the palace 10. River Wye in winter (South Wales)/Summer evening 11. The approach to the Crystal Palace (London)/Interior 12. Newstead Abbey (the home of Lord Byron)/ Abbotsford (the home of Sir Walter Scott) 13. Entrance to St. James’ Park (London)/Night 14. Hong Kong day/ Festival of lanterns in the evening 15. Indian Wigwam in California/ Night 16. Champs-Élysées (Paris)/ Vauxall gardens (London) 17. Pompeii in the day/Eruption of Vesuvius and destruction of Pompeii 18. Greenwich Park (outside London)/Park at night 19. Temple Bar (London)/Night 20. View of the ancient city of Rome/Night 21. Edinburgh (Scotland)/The River Tweed 22. Saint Petersburg (Russia)/Night 23. City of London and the river Thames/ Thames Tunnel 24. Passage of St. Petersburg/ Stores lit 25. Chateau de Versailles/ Grand Fountain 26. Countryside/The train to Lyon
0625 |
| Dutch ViewerAnon c. 1850 8 1/2" x 11 1/2" x 7 1/2"
A plain box with decorated front and painted top. Comes with twenty views, many transforming. Works like polyorama panoptique.
0714 |
| Licht und SchattenPaper Germany c. 1880 6 3/4" x 8 1/2" x 7 1/4"(box) 6" x 6"(views)
0716 |
| Lorgnette PittoresqueTin France c. 1850 4 1/4" x 7"
The conical polyorama panoptique was patented by Pierre Henri Amant Lefort in 1849.
0717 |
| Lorgnette PittoresqueTin France c. 1850 3 1/2" x 6"
The conical polyorama panoptique was patented by Pierre Henri Amant Lefort in 1849. This example comes in seller's box complete with labels.
0718 |
| Tin and paper covered wood box and lithograph views France c. 1850 Viewer:3 1/2" x 3 1/2" x 7 1/2"
An interesting adaptation of the Lorgnette Pittoresque. Attached to the tin viewer is a box which allows this device to be used for viewing discs and as a camera obscure.
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| Wood viewer England c.1860 6" x 4 1/4" x 9"
An interesting adaptation of the polyorama panoptique in a fixed wood box with lens. Includes one view.
0719 |