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• Title:Theatrorama, or, A peep at the playhouse.
  
• Publication:[England] : [publisher not identified], [circa 1825?]
  
• Physical Description:1 peepshow : hand-colored aquatints ; 12 x 13 cm (closed), expanding to 53 cm (open)
  

• Yale Holdings

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  • Location:BRITISH ART CENTER, Rare Bks & Mss (Non-Circulating)
    Request for use in the YCBA Study Room
    
    
  • Call Number: GV1525 .T44 1825
    
  • Status:Not Checked Out
    
  • Provenance:Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
    

   
• Local Notes:BAC: British Art Center copy with original slipcase.
  
• Notes:Title from label on publisher's slip case.
  Date from Hyde.
  Telescopic peepshow view of a theater. The front panel depicts a couple being shown into the dress circle by an usher with keys. The theater interior depicts an audience, orchestra, and three dancers on stage.
  An expanding perspective view consisting of four cut-out panels and backdrop plate connected to front cover at top and bottom by bands of accordion-pleated paper. Front cover has peephole.
  
• Variant and related titles:Theatrorama
  Peep at the playhouse
  
• Format:Visual Material
• References:Hyde, R. Paper peepshows, cat. 205
  
• Subjects:Theater--Pictorial works.
  Theaters--Pictorial works.
  Dancers--Pictorial works.
  
• Genre/Form:Tunnel books.
  Aquatints.
  Hand coloring.