Animated scenery.- Mechanical panoramas.- Topping (Thomas, printer) J.F. Thiodon's Mechanical and Picturesque Theatre of Arts... the scenery will represent the Voyage of Capt. Parry to the North Pole, letterpress playbill, 218 x 130 mm (8 1/2 x 5 1/8 in), minor toning and light surface dirt, nicks and small losses, unframed, 1824 § Shaw (J., printer) 'An Extremely Interesting Pictorial & Mechanical Exhibition Embracing every minute Particular of the Terrific Storm at Sea! in which Grace Darling and her Father Rescued the Sufferers from the Wreck, letterpress, 190 x 110 mm (7 1/2 x 4 1/4 in), with contemporary ink additions, unframed; together with two other playbills and a broadside, the latter 'A Shocking Catastrophe, Or the Wonderful Protection of Innocence and Virtue, through the awful Destruction of Three Horrid Reprobates', another advertising the 'Royal Mechanical and Optical Museum', with a performance by two elegant 'Automaton Rope-Dancers', letterpress, various sizes, all unframed, 19th century (5)
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