Signed water color drawing by Philip de Loutherbourg dated 1799. Thought to be a sketch for the Eidophusikon. Photo from Theatre Notebook. by courtesy of the Victoria and Albert Museum. The "transparent pictures" mentioned in the advertisement were apparently static paintings on some kind of polished oilcloth. These paintings were exhibited in between the five principal scenes. The vocal and instrumental music was introduced to fill up the "vacuity" while the machinery for one scene was removed and replaced with the equipment for the next. 9 DECEMBER 1966 The five principal scenes are all described in some detail by a critic for the London Chronicle. After praising De Loutherbourg's skill at having created "several of the most beautiful representations of nature that were ever effected, by mechanism and painting," the critic assures his readers that all the views are "formed by detached pieces, from which he (De Loutherbourgl is enabled to 13