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Title(s):
[A formal ball.
Published/Created:
s.l., ca. 1815]
Physical Description:
9 col. plates. 14 x 16 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
GV1199 F58
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
The "plates" are actually 8 cutout panels, and a backdrop, connected top and bottom by gauze, to form a telescopic peepshow.
Possibly made in England.
Cottage of content, or, Toys, games, and amusements of nineteenth century England, 58
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:
Peepshows.
Form/Genre:
Tunnel books.
Recreations -- Great Britain.
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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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