[OPTIQUE NO. 10: LES TUILERIES]

Concertina-folding hand-coloured and etched peepshow with four cut-out sections, front-face measuring 128 × 185 mm, the peepshow extends, by paper bellows to approximately 480 mm; front-face a bit spotted, lower bellow with short tear along the joint with the front-face; housed in a custom-made cloth box.

The front-face of this peepshow consists of a view of the Arc du Carrousel with the Louvre behind and with staffage. In the lower area is a square peephole with a small circular peephole on either side. The shutters behind these holes retract as the peepshow is extended. The actual peepshow consists of the view from a point just East of the Basin Rond looking down to avenue towards the Basin Octagonal, and then beyond across the Place de la Concorde and up the Champs Elysées to the Arc de Triomphe. The Obélisque, which arrived in Paris in 1833 and was erected in Oct. 1836, is not yet shown in position in the Place de la Concorde. The small peep-holes provide views of avenues used by pedestrians. That on the right is very crowded. - On the back of the item is label of 'Garder, Md. Papetier, Rue Vivienne No. 12, a Paris.' Gestetner-Hyde 33