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Open filters- Title:
- Shaping machine, yard No. 1906
- Object name(s):
- shaping machine; shaping machine
- Brief description:
- Shaping machine, yard No. 1906
- Collection:
- Science Museum Group
- Dimension:
- height
- Dimension measurement unit:
- in
- Dimension value:
- 66 15/16
- Dimension:
- height
- Dimension measurement unit:
- mm
- Dimension value:
- 1700
- Dimension:
- width
- Dimension measurement unit:
- in
- Dimension value:
- 64 15/16
- Dimension:
- width
- Dimension measurement unit:
- mm
- Dimension value:
- 1650
- Material:
- cast iron
- Material:
- wrought iron
- Material:
- gunmetal
- Material:
- paint
- Object name:
- shaping machine; shaping machine
- Object production date:
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1804
- Date - latest:
- 1807
- Object production date:
- Date - association:
- made
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1804
- Date - latest:
- 1807
- Object production person:
- Maudslay, Henry (maker)
- Object production place:
- London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom
- Other number:
- 1948-140
- Other number type:
- accession number
- Responsible department/section:
- SCM - Hand and Machine Tools
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/a0227a90-b7b1-3fbc-bcc2-98ca4954f82c
Use licence for this record: CC BY
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- Title:
- Untitled
- Object name(s):
- Print
- Brief description:
- Black and white print showing Titania, Bottom and other characters from the play.
- Collection:
- Victoria and Albert Museum
- Associated concept:
- Prints
- Content - other type:
- William Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night's Dream
- Credit line:
- Given by Wendy Sheridan
- Location type:
- Thumbnail
- Dimension:
- Height
- Dimension measured part:
- sheet
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 79
- Dimension:
- Width
- Dimension measured part:
- sheet
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 105.8
- Inscription content:
- Painted by Sir Edwin Landseer R.A. Engraved by Samuel Cousins, R.A.
New York, Published by M.Knoedler, Broadway, Jan.y. 1st 1858; and Entered according to Act of Congress in the Clerk's Office of the DistrictCourt of the United States of the Southern District of New York. [London; Published Jan.y 1, 1858 by Henry Graves & Compy Publishers to the Queen-6 Pall Mall.]
- Inscription interpretation:
- Lettered
- Object history note:
- The original painting is in the Victoria Art Gallery, Melbourne and was one of several paintings on a Shakespearean theme commissioned by Isambard Kingdom Brunel.
- Object name:
- Print
- Object number:
- E.95-2013
- Object production date:
- 1858
- Date - association:
- printed and published
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1858-01-01
- Date - latest:
- 1858-12-31
- Object production person:
- Samuel Cousins
- Person's association:
- engraver
- Object production person:
- Sir Edwin Landseer
- Person's association:
- artist
- Object production place:
- London
- Place association:
- printed and published
- Physical description:
- Black and white print showing Titania, Bottom and other characters from the play.
- Reproduction number:
- 2014HF0882
- Responsible department/section:
- PDP
- Technique:
- Mezzotint
- Text reason:
- Collections online record
- Text:
- This mezzotint reproduces a painting by Sir Edwin Landseer (1802-73). The original was painted in 1848 and is now in the Victoria Art Gallery, Melbourne. In the mid-19th century there was a ready market for prints after famous paintings, and many of Landseer's works were engraved. This untitled piece shows a scene from Shakespeare's play 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' in which the labourer Bottom is transformed into a man with an ass's head, and the fairy queen Titania is bewitched into falling in love with him.
- Text reason:
- Summary description
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/a2bf3ff5-0635-30d3-8eff-bf4d3b4694bd
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/a2bf3ff5-0635-30d3-8eff-bf4d3b4694bd, Victoria and Albert Museum, CC BY-NC
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- Title:
- Steam locomotive entitled Iron Duke
- Object name(s):
- steam locomotive; steam locomotive
- Brief description:
- Steam locomotive, replica, Great Western Railway, (2-2)-2-2 broad gauge locomotive "Iron Duke", and tender.
- Collection:
- Science Museum Group
- Associated concept:
- steam locomotive
- Associated concept:
- Locomotive and Rolling Stock
- Associated concept:
- steam
- Associated person:
- Great Western Railway
- Person's association:
- user
- Credit line:
- RESCO (Railways) Ltd.
- Object name:
- steam locomotive; steam locomotive
- Object production date:
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1981
- Date - latest:
- 1981
- Object production date:
- Date - association:
- made
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1981
- Date - latest:
- 1981
- Object production person:
- Hall-Patch, Anthony, Mr; RESCO (Railways) Ltd.
- Other number:
- 1985-1989
- Other number type:
- accession number
- Other number:
- 2005/7/17
- Other number type:
- file number
- Other number:
- 85/390
- Other number type:
- file number
- Responsible department/section:
- NRM - Locomotives and Rolling Stock
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/70ee2161-edac-32f4-8ecd-ef5c13cd683f
Use licence for this record: CC BY
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/70ee2161-edac-32f4-8ecd-ef5c13cd683f, Science Museum Group, CC BY
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- Title:
- Lignum Vitae saw
- Object name(s):
- saw machine; saw machine
- Brief description:
- Lignum Vitae cutting saw machine, yard No. 647, built by Henry Maudslay for the Block Mill at Portsmouth Naval Dockyard, 1804-1807, plus components (see 2 stroke numbers).
- Collection:
- Science Museum Group
- Credit line:
- Board of Admiralty
- Dimension:
- depth
- Dimension measurement unit:
- in
- Dimension value:
- 48
- Dimension:
- depth
- Dimension measurement unit:
- mm
- Dimension value:
- 1219
- Dimension:
- height
- Dimension measurement unit:
- in
- Dimension value:
- 129
- Dimension:
- height
- Dimension measurement unit:
- mm
- Dimension value:
- 3277
- Dimension:
- width
- Dimension measurement unit:
- in
- Dimension value:
- 48
- Dimension:
- width
- Dimension measurement unit:
- mm
- Dimension value:
- 1219
- Dimension:
- weight
- Dimension measurement unit:
- kg
- Dimension value:
- 1036.0224
- Dimension:
- weight
- Dimension measurement unit:
- lbs
- Dimension value:
- 2284.05035
- Material:
- cast iron
- Material:
- wrought iron
- Material:
- gunmetal
- Material:
- paint
- Object name:
- saw machine; saw machine
- Object production date:
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1804
- Date - latest:
- 1807
- Object production date:
- Date - association:
- made
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1804
- Date - latest:
- 1807
- Object production person:
- Maudslay, Henry (maker)
- Object production place:
- London
- Other number:
- 1948-138
- Other number type:
- accession number
- Responsible department/section:
- SCM - Hand and Machine Tools
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/bd6d34c2-651f-377e-addb-f337c0cc9943
Use licence for this record: CC BY
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/bd6d34c2-651f-377e-addb-f337c0cc9943, Science Museum Group, CC BY
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- Title:
- Model of a pair of side-lever engines from the H.M.S. 'Dee', (1832)
- Object name(s):
- model - representation; steam engine - engine; model - representation; steam engine - engine
- Brief description:
- Working model, scale 1:32, of a pair of side-lever engines from the H.M.S. 'Dee', (1832), mounted on wood hull section, designed by Henry Maudslay and made by Maudslay, Sons and Field Limited, Lambeth, London, England, 1827-32.
- Collection:
- Science Museum Group
- Associated concept:
- watercraft
- Associated concept:
- model - representation
- Associated concept:
- steam engine - engine
- Associated person:
- HMS Dee (1832)
- Person's association:
- association
- Credit line:
- Maudslay, Sons and Field Limited
- Dimension:
- depth
- Dimension measurement unit:
- in
- Dimension value:
- 12
- Dimension:
- depth
- Dimension measurement unit:
- mm
- Dimension value:
- 305
- Dimension:
- height
- Dimension measurement unit:
- in
- Dimension value:
- 9 1/16
- Dimension:
- height
- Dimension measurement unit:
- mm
- Dimension value:
- 230
- Dimension:
- width
- Dimension measurement unit:
- in
- Dimension value:
- 14
- Dimension:
- width
- Dimension measurement unit:
- mm
- Dimension value:
- 355
- Material:
- mahogany (wood)
- Material:
- steel (metal)
- Material:
- bronze (copper, tin alloy)
- Material:
- paint
- Object name:
- model - representation; steam engine - engine; model - representation; steam engine - engine
- Object production date:
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1832
- Date - latest:
- 1851
- Object production date:
- Date - association:
- made
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1832
- Date - latest:
- 1851
- Object production person:
- Maudslay, Henry; Maudslay, Sons and Field Limited
- Object production place:
- Lambeth, London, England, United Kingdom
- Other number:
- 1900-41
- Other number type:
- accession number
- Other number:
- N.2216
- Responsible department/section:
- SCM - Marine Engines
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/570c56b0-8a7d-3a61-a8a0-4a18a0072a76
Use licence for this record: CC BY
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- Title:
- Original coaking machine, installed at Portsmouth
- Object name(s):
- coaking machine; coaking machine
- Brief description:
- Original coaking machine, built by Henry Maudslay and installed in the block mills at Portsmouth Dockyard in 1804
- Collection:
- Science Museum Group
- Associated person:
- Portsmouth Dockyard
- Person's association:
- association details
- Associated place:
- Portsmouth
- Place association:
- production or association role association details
- Credit line:
- Board of Admiralty
- Dimension:
- depth
- Dimension measurement unit:
- in
- Dimension value:
- 27 9/16
- Dimension:
- depth
- Dimension measurement unit:
- mm
- Dimension value:
- 700
- Dimension:
- height
- Dimension measurement unit:
- in
- Dimension value:
- 58 11/16
- Dimension:
- height
- Dimension measurement unit:
- mm
- Dimension value:
- 1490
- Dimension:
- weight
- Dimension measurement unit:
- kg
- Dimension value:
- 467.208
- Dimension:
- weight
- Dimension measurement unit:
- lbs
- Dimension value:
- 1030.02271
- Dimension:
- width
- Dimension measurement unit:
- in
- Dimension value:
- 22 1/16
- Dimension:
- width
- Dimension measurement unit:
- mm
- Dimension value:
- 560
- Material:
- cast iron
- Material:
- brass
- Material:
- gunmetal
- Material:
- paint
- Object name:
- coaking machine; coaking machine
- Object production date:
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1804
- Date - latest:
- 1804
- Object production date:
- Date - association:
- made
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1804
- Date - latest:
- 1804
- Object production person:
- Maudslay, Henry
- Object production place:
- London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom
- Other number:
- 1933-133
- Other number type:
- accession number
- Other number:
- 116/30/4
- Other number type:
- file number
- Responsible department/section:
- SCM - Hand and Machine Tools
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/75121ca7-363c-35d6-9e64-ff8e93943c2f
Use licence for this record: CC BY
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- Title:
- Scoring machine
- Object name(s):
- scoring machine; scoring machine
- Brief description:
- Scoring machine, yard No. 1929 (Right hand vice made in Museum workshops in 1954, new cutters provided by Dockyard)
- Collection:
- Science Museum Group
- Credit line:
- Admiralty (Bath)
- Dimension:
- depth
- Dimension measurement unit:
- in
- Dimension value:
- 48 1/16
- Dimension:
- depth
- Dimension measurement unit:
- mm
- Dimension value:
- 1220
- Dimension:
- height
- Dimension measurement unit:
- in
- Dimension value:
- 50 13/16
- Dimension:
- height
- Dimension measurement unit:
- mm
- Dimension value:
- 1290
- Dimension:
- weight
- Dimension measurement unit:
- kg
- Dimension value:
- 426.384
- Dimension:
- weight
- Dimension measurement unit:
- lbs
- Dimension value:
- 940.02072
- Dimension:
- width
- Dimension measurement unit:
- in
- Dimension value:
- 26 3/4
- Dimension:
- width
- Dimension measurement unit:
- mm
- Dimension value:
- 680
- Material:
- metal (unknown)
- Object name:
- scoring machine; scoring machine
- Object production date:
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1800
- Date - latest:
- 1810
- Object production date:
- Date - association:
- made
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1805
- Date - latest:
- 1805
- Object production person:
- Maudslay, Henry
- Object production place:
- London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom
- Other number:
- 1951-571
- Other number type:
- accession number
- Other number:
- 4
- Other number type:
- Making the Modern World Gallery Interpretation Number
- Other number:
- 116/86/1
- Other number type:
- file number
- Responsible department/section:
- SCM - Hand and Machine Tools
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/5c04ceff-027e-3ee5-bd31-4f2af0a6e016
Use licence for this record: CC BY
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/5c04ceff-027e-3ee5-bd31-4f2af0a6e016, Science Museum Group, CC BY
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- Object name(s):
- Photograph
- Brief description:
- Six square colour photographs mounted on board.
- Collection:
- Victoria and Albert Museum
- Associated concept:
- Computer Art
- Credit line:
- Given by the Computer Arts Society, supported by System Simulation Ltd, London
- Dimension:
- Height
- Dimension measured part:
- of mount
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 39.9
- Dimension:
- Width
- Dimension measured part:
- of mount
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 54.5
- Dimension:
- Height
- Dimension measured part:
- of upper left photograph
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 16.7
- Dimension:
- Width
- Dimension measured part:
- of upper left photograph
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 16.6
- Dimension:
- Height
- Dimension measured part:
- of upper middle photograph
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 16.7
- Dimension:
- Width
- Dimension measured part:
- of upper middle photograph
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 16.3
- Dimension:
- Height
- Dimension measured part:
- of upper right photograph
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 16.6
- Dimension:
- Width
- Dimension measured part:
- of upper right photograph
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 15.1
- Dimension:
- Height
- Dimension measured part:
- of lower left photograph
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 16
- Dimension:
- Width
- Dimension measured part:
- of lower left photograph
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 15.9
- Dimension:
- Height
- Dimension measured part:
- of lower middle photograph
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 16.1
- Dimension:
- Width
- Dimension measured part:
- of lower middle photograph
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 16.3
- Dimension:
- Height
- Dimension measured part:
- of lower right photograph
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 15.8
- Dimension:
- Width
- Dimension measured part:
- of lower right photograph
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 16
- Inscription content:
- 'Colin Sheffield'
- Inscription interpretation:
- Artist's signature in pen, in lower left side.
- Material:
- photographic paper
- Material:
- mounting board
- Object name:
- Photograph
- Object number:
- E.185-2008
- Object production date:
- ca. 1969
- Date - association:
- made
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1968-01-01
- Date - latest:
- 1970-12-31
- Object production person:
- Sheffield, Colin
- Person's association:
- artist
- Object production place:
- UK
- Place association:
- made
- Place note:
- According to Colin Sheffield, the photographs were taken in his studio. Wooden blocks can be seen on the floor beneath each painting.
- Other number:
- CAS/A/0113
- Other number type:
- Previous owner's number
- Physical description:
- Six square colour photographs mounted on board.
- Responsible department/section:
- PDP
- Technique:
- photography
- Technique:
- Photographs
- Text reason:
- Collections online record
- Text:
- These photographs show six large paintings by the artist Colin Sheffield. The artworks were created in the late 1960s, at a time when Sheffield was "painting about computers". He gave a presentation about his art practice at a Computer Arts Society meeting in October 1969, with Mike Thompson. According to PAGE magazine (no.4, 1969), their talk was entitled "The human end or painting programmed". The six small photographs may have been displayed at the time, or at subsequent exhibitions organised by CAS. At least one of the large paintings (bottom right) was exhibited at Computer Graphics '70, held at Brunel University in 1970.
- Text reason:
- Summary description
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Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
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- Title:
- Clifton Illustrated stereoview of the entrance to the Cumberland Basin taken from Rownham Hill
- Object name(s):
- Stereoscopic photograph
- Brief description:
- No. 1290.
This view shows the locks to the Cumberland Basin. A swivel bridge, designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel, can be seen open by the South Entrance Lock (seen on the right in the photograph). The swivel bridge was in operation by 1849 and was turned by a hydraulic mechanism.
On the North Entrance Lock (seen on the left of the photograph) is another swivel bridge designed by the dock’s engineer, Thomas Howard and based on Brunel’s design. This swivel bridge was operational by 1864, but was removed sometime between 1868 and 1870 when Howard’s new North Lock was being built. It was re-erected at Bathurst Basin. In 1872-1873 Brunel’s swivel bridge was shortened and moved to the North Entrance Lock.
- Collection:
- Clifton Suspension Bridge Museum
- Credit line:
- This item has been conserved and digitised with thanks to The Murless Fund (SANHS).
- Number of objects:
- 1 stereoscopic photograph mounted on yellow card
- Object name:
- Stereoscopic photograph
- Object number:
- GB 3493 AA/1/S/80
- Object production date:
- c.1864 - 1868
- Date - association:
- Creation
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1864-01-01
- Date - latest:
- 1868-12-31
- Object production person:
- Bedford, Francis (1815 -1894), photographer
- Person's biographical note:
- Francis Bedford initially worked as an artist and lithographer before taking up photography in 1853. He received several Royal commissions and was the first photographer to be appointed on a Royal Tour in 1862. From the late 1850s onwards he produced numerous stereoscopic photographs which documented important sites from across Britain. These were popular and sold in their thousands. Sometimes his wife and two sons feature in his topographical photographs.
- Reproduction number:
- AA-1-S-080.jpg
- Responsible department/section:
- Clifton Suspension Bridge Trust Archives
- Text reason:
- Collection online record
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/ac0885b9-c0da-30cf-ab60-fdfaf2683047
Use licence for this record: CC BY
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/ac0885b9-c0da-30cf-ab60-fdfaf2683047, Clifton Suspension Bridge Museum, CC BY
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- Title:
- Boring machine, Yard No. 642
- Object name(s):
- boring machine; boring machine
- Brief description:
- Boring machine, Yard No. 642
- Collection:
- Science Museum Group
- Credit line:
- Board of Admiralty
- Dimension:
- depth
- Dimension measurement unit:
- in
- Dimension value:
- 74
- Dimension:
- depth
- Dimension measurement unit:
- mm
- Dimension value:
- 1880
- Dimension:
- height
- Dimension measurement unit:
- in
- Dimension value:
- 63
- Dimension:
- height
- Dimension measurement unit:
- mm
- Dimension value:
- 1600
- Dimension:
- weight
- Dimension measurement unit:
- kg
- Dimension value:
- 680.4
- Dimension:
- weight
- Dimension measurement unit:
- lbs
- Dimension value:
- 1500.03307
- Dimension:
- width
- Dimension measurement unit:
- in
- Dimension value:
- 62 5/8
- Dimension:
- width
- Dimension measurement unit:
- mm
- Dimension value:
- 1590
- Material:
- cast iron
- Material:
- wrought iron
- Material:
- gunmetal
- Material:
- paint
- Object name:
- boring machine; boring machine
- Object production date:
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1804
- Date - latest:
- 1807
- Object production date:
- Date - association:
- made
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1804
- Date - latest:
- 1807
- Object production person:
- Maudslay, Henry
- Object production place:
- London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom
- Other number:
- 1948-142
- Other number type:
- accession number
- Other number:
- 1
- Other number type:
- Making the Modern World Gallery Interpretation Number
- Other number:
- 116/74/7
- Other number type:
- file number
- Responsible department/section:
- SCM - Hand and Machine Tools
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/5ef9e044-6a7a-366b-9f4b-00a8477b3a8c
Use licence for this record: CC BY
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- Title:
- Mortising machine, yard No. 1896
- Object name(s):
- ships block making; ships block making
- Brief description:
- Mortising machine, yard No. 1896
- Collection:
- Science Museum Group
- Credit line:
- Board of Admiralty
- Dimension:
- depth
- Dimension measurement unit:
- in
- Dimension value:
- 87
- Dimension:
- depth
- Dimension measurement unit:
- mm
- Dimension value:
- 2210
- Dimension:
- height
- Dimension measurement unit:
- in
- Dimension value:
- 102 3/8
- Dimension:
- height
- Dimension measurement unit:
- mm
- Dimension value:
- 2600
- Dimension:
- width
- Dimension measurement unit:
- in
- Dimension value:
- 78 3/4
- Dimension:
- width
- Dimension measurement unit:
- mm
- Dimension value:
- 2000
- Material:
- cast iron
- Material:
- wrought iron
- Material:
- gunmetal
- Material:
- paint
- Object name:
- ships block making; ships block making
- Object production date:
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1804
- Date - latest:
- 1807
- Object production date:
- Date - association:
- made
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1804
- Date - latest:
- 1807
- Object production person:
- Maudslay, Henry
- Object production place:
- London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom
- Other number:
- 1948-141
- Other number type:
- accession number
- Other number:
- 116/74/7
- Other number type:
- file number
- Responsible department/section:
- SCM - Hand and Machine Tools
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Use licence for this record: CC BY
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- Title:
- Portsmouth block-making machine, Cross cut saw, 1805.
- Object name(s):
- powered saw; powered saw
- Brief description:
- Belt driven pendulum, cross cut saw, Ref.No. 681, with 3ft. diameter blade, one of Portsmouth block-making machines
- Collection:
- Science Museum Group
- Credit line:
- Board of Admiralty
- Dimension:
- weight
- Dimension measurement unit:
- kg
- Dimension value:
- 2336.947
- Dimension:
- weight
- Dimension measurement unit:
- lbs
- Dimension value:
- 5152.11314
- Material:
- cast iron
- Material:
- wrought iron
- Material:
- gunmetal
- Material:
- paint
- Material:
- oak (wood)
- Material:
- steel (metal)
- Object name:
- powered saw; powered saw
- Object production date:
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1800
- Date - latest:
- 1810
- Object production date:
- Date - association:
- made
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1805
- Date - latest:
- 1805
- Object production person:
- Maudslay, Henry
- Object production place:
- London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom
- Other number:
- 1949-256
- Other number type:
- accession number
- Other number:
- 116/79/4
- Other number type:
- file number
- Responsible department/section:
- SCM - Hand and Machine Tools
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/42ee241d-3e16-349f-97b2-d85c03849b43
Use licence for this record: CC BY
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- Title:
- Une Jeune Marquise
- Object name(s):
- Poster
- Brief description:
- Depicts a young woman seated at the foot of a tree, clutching at her hair, her clothes in disarray. A man in a bowler hat roams the background carrying a sword.
- Collection:
- Victoria and Albert Museum
- Associated concept:
- Prints
- Associated concept:
- Posters
- Content - concept:
- anxiety
- Content - concept:
- madness
- Content - concept:
- woman
- Content - concept:
- tree
- Location type:
- Thumbnail
- Dimension:
- Height
- Dimension measurement unit:
- mm
- Dimension value:
- 1237
- Dimension:
- Width
- Dimension measurement unit:
- mm
- Dimension value:
- 883
- Inscription content:
- J. Chéret
- Inscription interpretation:
- Signed lower right
- Inscription content:
- Une Jeune Marquise. Roman d'une névrosée. Par Théodore-Cahu. Théo-Critt
- Inscription content:
- Imp. Chaix (succ. le Chéret) 18, rue Brunel, Paris
- Inscription interpretation:
- along the right-hand side
- Inscription content:
- 64
- Inscription interpretation:
- number on a piece of paper stuck to the lower left corner
- Inscription content:
- E. Dentes Editeur, 3, Place d eValois, Paris
- Inscription content:
- République Française
- Inscription interpretation:
- stamped over the letter 'Q'
- Material:
- Lithographic ink
- Material:
- Paper
- Object name:
- Poster
- Object number:
- E.91-1921
- Object production date:
- 1889
- Date - association:
- Made
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1889-01-01
- Date - latest:
- 1889-12-31
- Object production person:
- Chéret, Jules
- Person's association:
- artist
- Object production place:
- Paris
- Place association:
- made
- Physical description:
- Depicts a young woman seated at the foot of a tree, clutching at her hair, her clothes in disarray. A man in a bowler hat roams the background carrying a sword.
- Reproduction number:
- 2006BB1788
- Responsible department/section:
- PDP
- Technique:
- Colour lithograph
- Technique:
- Planographic printing
- Technique:
- colour lithograph on paper
- Text reason:
- Collections online record
- Text:
- Jules Chéret (1836-1932) is known as the Maître de l'Affiche, or the 'Father of the poster'.This is primarily due to his groundbreaking developments in the colour lithographic process, but can also be attributed to his prolific output and ostentatious style: Chéret was capable of rendering even the most banal of subjects sensational.
This poster advertises the novel, 'Une Jeune Marquise: roman d'une névrosée' (A young Marchioness: novel of a neurotic) and depicts a suitably distressed-looking young woman sitting at the foot of a tree, while a lone male figure carrying a sword roams the background.
- Text reason:
- Summary description
- User's reference:
- Reference:
- Coutts, Howard and Claire Jones Toulouse Lautrec and the art of the French Poster. Bowes Museum, 2004. 53 p., ill. ISBN 0954818202.
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/b6b08e0e-4e3f-3edb-9c98-414a845b3879
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/b6b08e0e-4e3f-3edb-9c98-414a845b3879, Victoria and Albert Museum, CC BY-NC
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- Title:
- Isambard Owen
- Object name(s):
- Sculpture
- Collection:
- Aberystwyth University, School of Art Museum & Gallery
- Material:
- Plaster, painted
- Object name:
- Sculpture
- Object number:
- S33
- Object production date:
- 1898
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1898
- Object production person:
- Sir William Goscombe John
- Person's association:
- Sculptor
- Person's biographical note:
- Sculptor. He began his working life assisting his father, a wood carver, in the restoration of Cardiff Castle. Following this he was taken on by a carver’s workshop in London in 1882. In the evenings he took classes in sculpture at the South London School of Technical Art, under the tuition of Jules Dalou (1838-1902) and William Silver Frith (1850-1924). He was talented enough to be taken on by the Royal Academy, where he worked with the sculptors Thomas Nicholls and Charles Bell Birch (1832-1893). He won the Royal Academy Gold Medal travelling scholarship in 1887. After touring, Goscombe John settled between 1890-1891 in Paris to study. Here he married Marthe Weiss, and produced his first large statue, Morpheus, which he had sent to London to be exhibited. It was a success, and he was commissioned to design and produce many monuments, statues of famous people and naturalistic figures in the coming years. Goscombe John was made a Royal Academician in 1909, knighted in 1911 and in 1912 helped to found the National Museum of Wales.
- Person's birth date:
- 1860
- Person's death date:
- 1952
- Person's forenames:
- Sir William Goscombe
- Person's place of birth:
- UK, Wales, Cardiff
- Person's place of death:
- London
- Person's surname:
- John
- Responsible department/section:
- Sculpture
- Text:
- Sir Herbert Isambard Owen (1850-1927) was born in Chepstow, the son of William George Owen who studied under Isambard Brunel. Isambard Owen graduated from Cambridge in 1872 and became a medical student in London. He became close enough friends with Joseph Edwards, sculptor, and prince Lucien Bonaparte to be named executor to both their wills. Owen was heavily involved in Welsh education and education in general, becoming Deputy Chancellor of the University of Wales, Principal of Armstrong College, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Bristol. He was also a notable member of the Society for the Utilisation of the Welsh Language. He died in Paris, 14th January 1927 and was buried in Glanadda, Bangor.
- Text reason:
- Collections online text
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Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/0c4dea08-160e-3b51-9cdc-33e4c0fd8e9a, Aberystwyth University, School of Art Museum & Gallery, CC BY-NC
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- Title:
- Badge for the London School of Occupational Therapy and College of Occupational Therapists
- Object name(s):
- badge; badge
- Brief description:
- Badge with the words “London School” and CO with a caduceus around a T on a red background, for the London School of Occupational Therapy and College of Occupational Therapists, owned by Valerie Davis following her qualification as an occupational therapist in 1957
- Collection:
- Science Museum Group
- Dimension:
- depth
- Dimension measurement unit:
- in
- Dimension value:
- 1/4
- Dimension:
- depth
- Dimension measurement unit:
- mm
- Dimension value:
- 6
- Dimension:
- height
- Dimension measurement unit:
- in
- Dimension value:
- 1 5/16
- Dimension:
- height
- Dimension measurement unit:
- mm
- Dimension value:
- 34
- Dimension:
- width
- Dimension measurement unit:
- in
- Dimension value:
- 1 1/8
- Dimension:
- width
- Dimension measurement unit:
- mm
- Dimension value:
- 28
- Material:
- metal
- Object name:
- badge; badge
- Object production date:
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1950
- Date - latest:
- 1957
- Object production date:
- Date - association:
- made
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1950
- Date - latest:
- 1957
- Object production person:
- Unknown maker
- Object production place:
- Unknown place
- Other number:
- 2022-1279
- Other number type:
- accession number
- Other number:
- E2021.0222.10
- Other number type:
- Previous number
- Responsible department/section:
- SCM - Therapeutics
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/428bd95c-2333-32fa-8ab8-16941f77ad2f
Use licence for this record: CC BY
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/428bd95c-2333-32fa-8ab8-16941f77ad2f, Science Museum Group, CC BY
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- Title:
- Der Themse-Tunnel./Le Tunnel sous la Themse [sic]/Thames Tunnel opened 25 March 1843
- Object name(s):
- Paper peepshow
- Brief description:
- Accordion-style two-level paper peepshow of the Thames and the opening celebration of Thames Tunnel.
3 cut-out panels. 3 peep-holes. Hand-coloured lithograph. Expands to approximately 49 cm.
Front-face: the bottom half of the image consists of a vignette of a workman with a lantern and shovel reclining on a roundel displaying the head of Sir Marc Brunel, principal engineer of the Tunnel. The title in German and French on either side of the vignette, and the English title is on the scroll beneath the roundel. The lower half of the front-face is a view of the Rotherhithe entrance to the Tunnel with visitors and a group of bandsmen waiting for the ceremony to begin. The three peep-holes consists of three circular openings in the centre. The front-face forms the lid of a cartonnage box containing the paper peepshow.
Upper level:
Panel 1- 3 and back panel: ships and boats on the Thames.
Lower level:
Panel 1: two men in uniform waving flags in the left archway; a man with a stick in the right archway.
Panel 2: four military bandsmen in the left archway; a man and a woman in the right archway.
Panel 3: Marc Brunel waving his hat in the left archway, a bandsman on either of his side; a couple and a man in the right archway.
Back panel: two bandsmen and a procession of top=hatted dignitaries in the left archway; pedestrians in the right archway.
- Collection:
- Victoria and Albert Museum
- Associated concept:
- National Art Library
- Associated concept:
- Optical toys
- Associated concept:
- Paper Peepshow
- Associated concept:
- Thames Tunnel
- Credit line:
- Accepted under the Cultural Gifts Scheme by HM Government from the collections of Jacqueline and Jonathan Gestetner and allocated to the Victoria and Albert Museum, 2016.
- Location type:
- Thumbnail
- Dimension:
- Height
- Dimension measured part:
- Front panel
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 18
- Dimension:
- Width
- Dimension measured part:
- Front panel
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 22.3
- Dimension:
- Depth
- Dimension measured part:
- fully extended
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 49
- Dimension:
- Width
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 21.6
- Dimension:
- Depth
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 2.8
- Dimension:
- Height
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 16.3
- Dimension:
- Width
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 21.1
- Dimension:
- Depth
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 2.2
- Material:
- paper
- Object history note:
- Part of the Jacqueline and Jonathan Gestetner Collection, collected over 30 years and given to the V&A Museum through the government's Cultural Gift Scheme in 2016.
- Object name:
- Paper peepshow
- Object number:
- Gestetner 155
- Object production date:
- ca. 1843
- Date - association:
- published
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1838-01-01
- Date - latest:
- 1847-12-31
- Object production place:
- Germany
- Place association:
- published
- Other number:
- 38041800930950
- Other number type:
- NAL barcode
- Other number:
- 2014297
- Other number type:
- Previous owner's number
- Physical description:
- Accordion-style two-level paper peepshow of the Thames and the opening celebration of Thames Tunnel.
3 cut-out panels. 3 peep-holes. Hand-coloured lithograph. Expands to approximately 49 cm.
Front-face: the bottom half of the image consists of a vignette of a workman with a lantern and shovel reclining on a roundel displaying the head of Sir Marc Brunel, principal engineer of the Tunnel. The title in German and French on either side of the vignette, and the English title is on the scroll beneath the roundel. The lower half of the front-face is a view of the Rotherhithe entrance to the Tunnel with visitors and a group of bandsmen waiting for the ceremony to begin. The three peep-holes consists of three circular openings in the centre. The front-face forms the lid of a cartonnage box containing the paper peepshow.
Upper level:
Panel 1- 3 and back panel: ships and boats on the Thames.
Lower level:
Panel 1: two men in uniform waving flags in the left archway; a man with a stick in the right archway.
Panel 2: four military bandsmen in the left archway; a man and a woman in the right archway.
Panel 3: Marc Brunel waving his hat in the left archway, a bandsman on either of his side; a couple and a man in the right archway.
Back panel: two bandsmen and a procession of top=hatted dignitaries in the left archway; pedestrians in the right archway.
- Reproduction number:
- 2016JP9467
- Reproduction number:
- 2016JP9468
- Responsible department/section:
- NAL
- Technique:
- made
- Technique:
- paper
- Text reason:
- Collections online record
- Text:
- The Thame Tunnel was one of the most popular subjects for paper peepshows. Its construction started in 1825, and after various flood accidents and a long period of suspension of work between 1828 and 1835, the Tunnel finally opened to the public on 25 March 1843. It was received with great excitement both during and immediately after its construction, both in Great Britain and abroad. Yet the glory of the Tunnel did not last for very long and, in 1865 it was sold to the East London Railway Company and converted into a railway tunnel in 1869. Today the Tunnel forms part of the London Overground network.
Outside of Great Britain, Germany was the country where most Thames Tunnel paper peepshows were produced. This work presents the view of the Tunnel as well as the Thames above it, on two levels. The elongated shape of the paper peepshow results in an effective perspectival view when one looks through the peep-holes: one sees in the archways the grand parade for the opening of the Tunnel, as well as visitors of all kinds, while the river view on the upper level acts as a reminder of the engineering ingenuity of the Tunnel.
Interestingly, although the opening ceremony of the Thames Tunnel attracted much public attention in Great Britain, this work and Gestetner 156 (a later state) are the only examples in the collection that actually depict this event. Some elements are essentially reversed copies of an image from newspaper reports such as The Mirror of Literature, Amusement and Instruction.
- Text reason:
- Summary description
- User's reference:
- Reference:
- R. Hyde, Paper Peepshows. The Jacqueline and Jonathan Gestetner Collection (Woodbridge: The Antique Collectors' Club, 2015), cat. 155.
- User's reference:
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Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
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- Object name(s):
- Print
- Brief description:
- Etching of the dismantling of a large ship in the distance on the River Mersey in Liverpool.
- Collection:
- Victoria and Albert Museum
- Associated concept:
- Prints
- Associated concept:
- Topography
- Content - concept:
- River
- Content - concept:
- Ship
- Content - place:
- Liverpool
- Credit line:
- Presented by the Artist in memory of his son, Captain Francis Leslie Short, who died on Active Service, on June 3, 1916.
- Dimension:
- Height
- Dimension measurement unit:
- in
- Dimension value:
- 6
- Dimension:
- Width
- Dimension measurement unit:
- in
- Dimension value:
- 8
- Inscription content:
- Signed S (on shield). In pencil Frank Short.
- Inscription interpretation:
- Inscription from: Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings, Accessions 1919, London: Printed Under the Authority of His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1921
- Material:
- Paper
- Object history note:
- The Great Eastern was an iron ship designed by engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel in the late 19th century. At that point, the steam ship was deemed to be the largest ship ever constructed. After a disastrous maiden voyage and becoming redundant due to damage, the ship was eventually dismantled in 1899. The Great Eastern was also involved in the laying down of the first lasting Transantlantic telegraph cable in 1866.
- Object name:
- Print
- Object number:
- E.2446-1919
- Object production date:
- 1880-1919
- Date - association:
- made
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1880-01-01
- Date - latest:
- 1919-12-31
- Object production person:
- Short, Frank (Sir)
- Person's association:
- made
- Object production place:
- Great Britain
- Place association:
- made
- Physical description:
- Etching of the dismantling of a large ship in the distance on the River Mersey in Liverpool.
- Responsible department/section:
- PDP
- Technique:
- Etching
- Technique:
- Etching on paper.
- Text reason:
- Collections online record
- User's reference:
- Reference:
- Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings, Accessions 1919, London: Printed Under the Authority of His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1921
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Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
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- Title:
- Paper tape for Automatic Timing Routine for Elliott Brothers 405 computer
- Object name(s):
- paper tape programme; paper tape programme
- Brief description:
- Paper tape for Automatic Timing Routine for Elliott Brothers 405 computer; in round box. The routine (Library Routine Elliott 405 PT 02/DJP) was created in May 1961 by David Pentecost.
- Collection:
- Science Museum Group
- Credit line:
- David Pentecost / Fujitsu
- Material:
- paper (fibre product)
- Object name:
- paper tape programme; paper tape programme
- Object production date:
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1961
- Date - latest:
- 1961
- Object production person:
- Elliott Brothers (London) Limited
- Object production place:
- London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom
- Other number:
- 2024-716
- Other number type:
- accession number
- Other number:
- E2024.0079.1
- Other number type:
- previous number
- Responsible department/section:
- SCM - Archive
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/2dd701e2-2ff6-35a7-b7fa-57cb67b8d6cf
Use licence for this record: CC BY
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/2dd701e2-2ff6-35a7-b7fa-57cb67b8d6cf, Science Museum Group, CC BY
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- Title:
- Isambard Owen
- Object name(s):
- Sculpture
- Collection:
- Aberystwyth University, School of Art Museum & Gallery
- Material:
- Plaster, painted
- Object name:
- Sculpture
- Object number:
- S34
- Object production date:
- 1901
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1901
- Object production person:
- Sir William Goscombe John
- Person's association:
- Sculptor
- Person's biographical note:
- Sculptor. He began his working life assisting his father, a wood carver, in the restoration of Cardiff Castle. Following this he was taken on by a carver’s workshop in London in 1882. In the evenings he took classes in sculpture at the South London School of Technical Art, under the tuition of Jules Dalou (1838-1902) and William Silver Frith (1850-1924). He was talented enough to be taken on by the Royal Academy, where he worked with the sculptors Thomas Nicholls and Charles Bell Birch (1832-1893). He won the Royal Academy Gold Medal travelling scholarship in 1887. After touring, Goscombe John settled between 1890-1891 in Paris to study. Here he married Marthe Weiss, and produced his first large statue, Morpheus, which he had sent to London to be exhibited. It was a success, and he was commissioned to design and produce many monuments, statues of famous people and naturalistic figures in the coming years. Goscombe John was made a Royal Academician in 1909, knighted in 1911 and in 1912 helped to found the National Museum of Wales.
- Person's birth date:
- 1860
- Person's death date:
- 1952
- Person's forenames:
- Sir William Goscombe
- Person's place of birth:
- UK, Wales, Cardiff
- Person's place of death:
- London
- Person's surname:
- John
- Responsible department/section:
- Sculpture
- Text:
- Sir Herbert Isambard Owen (1850-1927) was born in Chepstow, the son of William George Owen who studied under Isambard Brunel. Isambard Owen graduated from Cambridge in 1872 and became a medical student in London. He became close enough friends with Joseph Edwards, sculptor, and prince Lucien Bonaparte to be named executor to both their wills. Owen was heavily involved in Welsh education and education in general, becoming Deputy Chancellor of the University of Wales, Principal of Armstrong College, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Bristol. He was also a notable member of the Society for the Utilisation of the Welsh Language. He died in Paris, 14th January 1927 and was buried in Glanadda, Bangor.
- Text reason:
- Collections online text
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Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
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- Title:
- [The Thames and the Thames Tunnel]
- Object name(s):
- Paper peepshow
- Brief description:
- Accordion-style two-level paper peepshow of the Thames Tunnel and the River Thames.
2 cut-out panels. 2 peep-holes. Hand-coloured lithograph. Bound inside paper boards with cloth spine. Expands to approximately 45 cm.
Front cover: A circular label in the centre reads ‘A Present from the Thames Tunnel.’ On the inside is a text entitled ‘A Brief Account of the Thames Tunnel,’ which contains detailed information on the history of the Tunnel’s construction, statistics on the Tunnel, and the number of visitors. The publisher’s name at the end of the text.
Front-face: four circular prints pasted on a blue background. Print 1: entrance to the Tunnel with the Thames and the Great Eastern ship above. Print 2: workers in the tunnelling shield with the Great Eastern ship above. Print 3: pedestrians in the Tunnel archway. Print 4: pedestrians in front of the Tunnel Rotherhithe entrance. The peep-holes consist of two circular openings at the bottom and one at the top.
Panels 1 – 2: pedestrians in the archways of the Tunnel at the bottom, and boats on the Thames at the top.
Back panel: pedestrians in the archways of the Tunnel at the bottom, and boats on the Thames at and riverside buildings at the top. The reverse side of the back panel is stuck to the ‘book cover.’
- Collection:
- Victoria and Albert Museum
- Associated concept:
- National Art Library
- Associated concept:
- Optical toys
- Associated concept:
- Paper Peepshow
- Associated concept:
- Thames Tunnel
- Credit line:
- Accepted under the Cultural Gifts Scheme by HM Government from the collections of Jacqueline and Jonathan Gestetner and allocated to the Victoria and Albert Museum, 2016.
- Dimension:
- Height
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 20
- Dimension:
- Width
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 16
- Dimension:
- Length
- Dimension measured part:
- fully extended
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 45
- Material:
- paper
- Object history note:
- Part of the Jacqueline and Jonathan Gestetner Collection, collected over 30 years and given to the V&A Museum through the government's Cultural Gift Scheme, 2016.
- Object name:
- Paper peepshow
- Object number:
- Gestetner 276
- Object production date:
- ca. 1862
- Date - association:
- published
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1857-01-01
- Date - latest:
- 1866-12-31
- Object production person:
- Azulay, Bondy
- Person's association:
- publisher
- Object production place:
- London
- Place association:
- published
- Other number:
- 38041016059123
- Other number type:
- NAL barcode
- Physical description:
- Accordion-style two-level paper peepshow of the Thames Tunnel and the River Thames.
2 cut-out panels. 2 peep-holes. Hand-coloured lithograph. Bound inside paper boards with cloth spine. Expands to approximately 45 cm.
Front cover: A circular label in the centre reads ‘A Present from the Thames Tunnel.’ On the inside is a text entitled ‘A Brief Account of the Thames Tunnel,’ which contains detailed information on the history of the Tunnel’s construction, statistics on the Tunnel, and the number of visitors. The publisher’s name at the end of the text.
Front-face: four circular prints pasted on a blue background. Print 1: entrance to the Tunnel with the Thames and the Great Eastern ship above. Print 2: workers in the tunnelling shield with the Great Eastern ship above. Print 3: pedestrians in the Tunnel archway. Print 4: pedestrians in front of the Tunnel Rotherhithe entrance. The peep-holes consist of two circular openings at the bottom and one at the top.
Panels 1 – 2: pedestrians in the archways of the Tunnel at the bottom, and boats on the Thames at the top.
Back panel: pedestrians in the archways of the Tunnel at the bottom, and boats on the Thames at and riverside buildings at the top. The reverse side of the back panel is stuck to the ‘book cover.’
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- NAL
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- Collections online record
- Text:
- This paper peepshow would have been sold as a souvenir in the Thames Tunnel, as is made clear by the label on the front ‘A Present from the Thames Tunnel’. It is a ‘double-decker’ peepshow: through the top peep-hole, one can see boats on the Thames, while the view through the bottom hole shows visitors walking in the tunnel.
The Thames Tunnel was one of the most popular subjects for British paper peepshows, which were produced throughout the period of its construction and beyond. The Tunnel’s construction started in 1825, and after various flood accidents and a long period of suspension of work between 1828 and 1835, the Tunnel finally opened to the public on 25 March 1843. It was received with great excitement both during and immediately after its construction, which explains why it remained a popular topic for the paper peepshow for so long. Yet the glory of the Tunnel did not last for very long and, in 1865 it was sold to the East London Railway Company and converted into a railway tunnel in 1869. Today the Tunnel forms part of the London Overground network.
Typical of his production is the use of a book format rather than enclosing the peepshow in a slipcase. The signature bright blue front-face is also preserved, and could be a reference to azure, a pun on Azulay’s name. The circular prints on the front-face are a common feature of Azulay’s later works: this format allowed them to also be used in peep-eggs, another popular optical toy in the form of an alabaster egg. Through the hole at the top of the egg, the viewer saw the miniature prints inside, which could be changed with the turn of a handle. Four such prints are used here, functioning as a kind of overview of the Tunnel, prior to taking a peep.
Two of the four peep-egg prints depict the Great Eastern ship. The Great Eastern was a steamship designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel, the son of the Tunnel’s mastermind, Marc Isambard Brunel. It was launched as the world’s largest ship in 1858 and maintained this status for half a century. The explanatory text points out that this paper peepshow could be purchased by post. This detail indicates that for those who could not travel to London, Azulay’s optical toy would still function as an effective alternative to seeing the Tunnel, even almost twenty years after its opening.
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- Summary description
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- Reference:
- R. Hyde, Paper Peepshows. The Jacqueline and Jonathan Gestetner Collection (Woodbridge: The Antique Collectors' Club, 2015), cat. 276.
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