EditorialOptical Toy: 'Windermere' (Spooner's Protean Views, no. 7), William Spooner, England, active 1830 1854, Lithograph, brush and watercolor on paper, mounted, View of Lake Windermere seen from a hill. When held to the light, the scene shows a railway viad...
EditorialOptical Toy: 'Temple Bar by Moonlight' (Morgan's Improved Protean Scenery, no. 10), William Morgan, English, active 19th c., Lithograph, brush and watercolor on paper, mounted., View of TEmple Bar. When held to the light, the scene shows Queen Victoria...
EditorialOptical Toy: 'The Entrance to Green Park' (Spooner's Protean Views, no. 11), William Spooner, England, active 1830 1854, Lithograph, brush and watercolor on paper, mounted, View of Marble Arcch. When held to the light, the scene is shown as if at night...
EditorialOptical Toy: 'Mount Vesuvius' (Spooner's Protean Views), William Spooner, England, active 1830 1854, Lithograph, brush and watercolor on paper, mounted, View through an open loggia across a body of water with mountains in the distance. When held to the...
EditorialOptical TOy: 'The London Mail Obstructed by a Snowdrift' (Spooner's Protean Views, no. 16), William Spooner, England, active 1830 1854, Lithograph, brush and watercolor on paper, mounted, View of a stagecoach making its way up a hill through heavy snow...
EditorialOptical Toy: 'The Magic Lantern' (Spooner's Protean Views, no. 5), William Spooner, England, active 1830 1854, Lithograph, brush and watercolor on paper, mounted, Two adults and a group of children witness a magic lantern show - when held to the light,...