Mont Blanc peepshow. Mr Albert Smith's Ascent of Mont Blanc in Miniature, London: A. & S. Joseph Myers & Co., March 1st 1854, one backdrop and 15 (of 16) views, all hand-coloured lithographs, heightened with gum arabic, mostly Swiss mountain and climbing scenes, all but two transparencies backed with blue card and all with ribbon loop to upper edge (some worn), each approximately 17.5 x 19.5 cm, some marginal dust-soiling and marks, housed in rear compartment of concertina pull-out behind removable sliding lid of original wooden viewing box, the front lithographed to mimic the front of the Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly, and incorporating a circular viewing hole, and the two concertina divisions showing the interior of the auditorium, with Albert Smith lecturing on the podium to a large audience, front of box slightly toned and a little rubbed in places, 19 x 23 x 6 cm, contained in original cardboard box with wallet-style flap, toned and worn, with splitting to some joints (Quantity: 1) Gestetner 356 (without the cardboard box); also see 263 (with 14 views only: lacking 'Chillon' and 'The Avalanche Dead House of the Convent') and 264. Views present are: 'Dangerous Crevice in the Glacier du Tacconay'; 'Chillon'; 'Geneva'; 'Martigny, in the Vallais'; 'The Convent of the Great St. Bernard'; 'The Valley of Chamouni from the Col de Balme'; 'The Village of Chamouni'; 'Court-yard of Tairraz' Hotel de Londres, at Chamouni'; 'The Cascade and Chalet des Pelerins'; 'Approach to the Glacier des Bossons'; 'The Grands Mulets Rocks by Sunset'; 'Hazardous Ascent of the Mur de la Cote'; 'Coming Down'; 'Interior of a Paris Cafe' (transparency); and 'The Grand Plateau by Moonlight' (transparency). Without 'The Avalanche Dead House of the Convent'. Extremely rare peepshow, part of the copious merchandising which accompanied Albert Smith's sensational show at the Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly, in which he theatrically related his ascent of Mont Blanc in 1851.
Mont Blanc peepshow. Mr Albert Smith's Ascent of Mont Blanc in Miniature, London: A. & S. Joseph Myers & Co., March 1st 1854, one backdrop and 15 (of 16) views, all hand-coloured lithographs, heightened with gum arabic, mostly Swiss mountain and climbing scenes, all but two transparencies backed with blue card and all with ribbon loop to upper edge (some worn), each approximately 17.5 x 19.5 cm, some marginal dust-soiling and marks, housed in rear compartment of concertina pull-out behind removable sliding lid of original wooden viewing box, the front lithographed to mimic the front of the Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly, and incorporating a circular viewing hole, and the two concertina divisions showing the interior of the auditorium, with Albert Smith lecturing on the podium to a large audience, front of box slightly toned and a little rubbed in places, 19 x 23 x 6 cm, contained in original cardboard box with wallet-style flap, toned and worn, with splitting to some joints (Quantity: 1) Gestetner 356 (without the cardboard box); also see 263 (with 14 views only: lacking 'Chillon' and 'The Avalanche Dead House of the Convent') and 264. Views present are: 'Dangerous Crevice in the Glacier du Tacconay'; 'Chillon'; 'Geneva'; 'Martigny, in the Vallais'; 'The Convent of the Great St. Bernard'; 'The Valley of Chamouni from the Col de Balme'; 'The Village of Chamouni'; 'Court-yard of Tairraz' Hotel de Londres, at Chamouni'; 'The Cascade and Chalet des Pelerins'; 'Approach to the Glacier des Bossons'; 'The Grands Mulets Rocks by Sunset'; 'Hazardous Ascent of the Mur de la Cote'; 'Coming Down'; 'Interior of a Paris Cafe' (transparency); and 'The Grand Plateau by Moonlight' (transparency). Without 'The Avalanche Dead House of the Convent'. Extremely rare peepshow, part of the copious merchandising which accompanied Albert Smith's sensational show at the Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly, in which he theatrically related his ascent of Mont Blanc in 1851.
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