Optical Toy: 'Windermere' (Spooner's Protean Views, no. 7), William Spooner, England, active 1830 – 1854, Lithograph, brush and watercolor on paper, mounted, View of Lake Windermere seen from a hill. When held to the light, the scene shows a railway viaduct across the Lake. Below, title and: 'Which on holding up to a strong light changes to a view of the Viaduct of the Greenwich Railroad.' Publisher's name below., London, England, ca. 1838, Print

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