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THIS CANAL WAS OPENED IN 1846, IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THE PEEP-SHOW WAS MADE AT THE TIME OF ITS CONCEPTION, POSSIBLY TO RAISE MONEY OR PUBLICISE POTENTIAL INVESTORS
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A COLOURED LITHOGRAPH PEEP SHOW
OF SIX GATES, WITH BACKPLATE, DEPICTING LUDWIG'S CANAL, THE FRONT SHOWING NEPTUNE, JUSTICE AND A LION HOLDING THE ARMS OF SAXONY, PRINTED IN FRENCH AND ENGLISH LE CANAL DE LOUIS DU DANUBE AND DU MEIN AND LEWIS-DANUBE-MAINE-CHANNEL -- 9IN. (23CM.) X 5¼IN. (13½CM.) INSCRIBED IN INK ON THE REVERSE MISS CORDELIA PITTER OCT 3 1836 (FRONT AND BACK WORN)
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OF SIX GATES, WITH BACKPLATE, DEPICTING LUDWIG'S CANAL, THE FRONT SHOWING NEPTUNE, JUSTICE AND A LION HOLDING THE ARMS OF SAXONY, PRINTED IN FRENCH AND ENGLISH LE CANAL DE LOUIS DU DANUBE AND DU MEIN AND LEWIS-DANUBE-MAINE-CHANNEL -- 9IN. (23CM.) X 5¼IN. (13½CM.) INSCRIBED IN INK ON THE REVERSE MISS CORDELIA PITTER OCT 3 1836 (FRONT AND BACK WORN)
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