Peepshow Box
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Peepshow Box
Enclosed cabinet in which scenes on the inside are viewed through an aperture or magnifying eyepiece to give an illusory sense of depth and three-dimensionality. Samuel van Hoogstraten was famous for his peepshow boxes (see PERSPECTIVE, fig. 5).
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