Lot Essay
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
Details
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 & du Mein and Lewis-Danube-Maine-Channel -- 9in. (23cm.) X 5¼in. (13½cm) incribed in ink on the reverse Miss Cordelia Pitter Oct 3rd 1836 (front and back worn)
See Colour Plate 11
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 & du Mein and Lewis-Danube-Maine-Channel -- 9in. (23cm.) X 5¼in. (13½cm) incribed in ink on the reverse Miss Cordelia Pitter Oct 3rd 1836 (front and back worn)
See Colour Plate 11