Yale Center for British Art

Title:
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

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).
Exhibition History:
Cottage of Content, or, Toys, Games, and Amusements of Nineteenth Century England (Yale Center for British Art, November 2, 1977-December 31, 1977)
Subject Terms:
Tunnels -- England -- London. | Thames Tunnel (London, England)
Form/Genre:
Tunnel books. | Recreations.