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Supporting museums Art we've helped buy The Thames Tunnel changing to the Coronation Procession from Buckingham Palace
The Thames Tunnel changing to the Coronation Procession from Buckingham Palace The Thames Tunnel changing to the Coronation Procession from Buckingham Palace
The Thames Tunnel changing to the Coronation Procession from Buckingham Palace The Thames Tunnel changing to the Coronation Procession from Buckingham Palace

The Thames Tunnel changing to the Coronation Procession from Buckingham Palace

William Spooner

Art Funded
2008
Dimensions
28.5 x 22.5 cm (in original mount)
Vendor
Marlborough Rare Books
The ‘Protean View’ or ‘transformation’, is an alternative amusement to the peepshow, popular in Victorian times.

Spooner produced several examples although little is known about the artist. This work depicts a view of The Thames Tunnel which changes into the Coronation Procession from Buckingham Palace when the lithograph is lit from behind.

Provenance

Private collection; Marlborough Rare Books.

Hand coloured lithograph

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