A POLYRAMA PANOPTIQUE, c.1849 A paper covered wooden box, with sliding mahogany lens panel, optics, VG, connected by bellows (G), hinged lid and back (shutter), by operating the hinged lids, the viewer can alternatively light the transparency from the front or the rear, producing a variety of transformations, sometimes involving movement, dimensions 260mm x 225mm x 140mm, importers dealer plate, W. Wild of Brighton, to lid, complete with original hand coloured paper slides (6): 52-Moret, La Roche qui pleure (Fontainebleau) VG, 53- Cour de la Fontaine (Fontainebleau) G, 54-Chapelle de la Sainte Trinite (Fontainebleau) VG, 55-Heronniere du Chateau - Le Chene des Fees (Fontainebleau) VG, 56-Le CHateau vu du Parterre (Fontainebleau) P-repaired, 57-Galerie des Colonnes (Fontainbleau) VG, housed in a period lined wooden case The Polyrama Panoptique is a miniature version of Louis Daguerre's earlier Diorama invention