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Perspective view of the tunnel now making under the Thames, between Rotherhithe & Wapping, about two miles below London Bridge.

1825

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Perspective view of the tunnel now making under the Thames, between Rotherhithe & Wapping, about two miles below London Bridge, [London?] 1825, Yale Center for British Art.




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  • Title(s)

    Perspective view of the tunnel now making under the Thames, between Rotherhithe & Wapping, about two miles below London Bridge.

  • Published/Created

    [London?] 1825.

  • Physical Description

    7 col. plates. 13 x 15 cm.

  • Holdings

    Rare Books and Manuscripts
    GV1199 P4
    Accessible in the Study Room [Request]

  • Copyright Status

    Copyright Not Evaluated

  • Classification

    Books

  • Notes

    In case, as issued.
    Title and date of publication from label on back of case.
    The "plates" are actually six cutout panels, and a backdrop, connected top and bottom by paper, to form a telescopic peepshow.
    Title on front of case, and from front panel of peepshow, reads: The tunnel.
    Cottage of content, or, Toys, games, and amusements of nineteenth century England, 61
    Selected exhibitions: "The Cottage of Content : or, Toys, Games, and Amusements of Nineteenth Century England" (Yale Center for British Art, November 2 - December 31, 1977).
  • Subject Terms

    Thames Tunnel (London, England) |
    Tunnels -- England -- London.

  • Form/Genre

    Recreations. | Tunnel books.

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Cottage of Content, or, Toys, Games, and Amusements of Nineteenth Century England (Yale Center for British Art, November 2, 1977-December 31, 1977) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]

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