Georgian magic lantern projector.
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1820
Materials
Glass
Measurements
410 x 360 x 170 mm
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Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1525205
Summary
Georgian magic lantern projector. Black japanned tin body with decorative X shaped piercing along the base at the rear as well as a simple carrying handle. There is a decorative fluted cowl on the top of the lantern. On one side is a hinged metal door that opens to reaveal a ribbed circular reflector. On the fron is a bull's eye lens in focusing draw tube (lacks illuminant), and a simple slide stage. See associated Inventory Nos. 1520825 - 1520849 - Georgian hand-painted panoramic slides with wooden frames.
Provenance
Part of the Fenton Collection. A gift from British Film Institute in 2017. From 1986-1999, part of BFI collection for the Museum of the Moving Image. BFI purchased collection in 1986 from James Fenton's Museum of Photography, Port Erin, Isle of Man 1976-1986