Treasures of pre-cinema history
The magic lantern
...and hand painted slides for home entertainment from around 1862. A typical professional lecture by a showman from the 1860s "en miniature". Divided into three parts, popular science (astronomy & geology), travel and finally comic scenes & the chromatrope. All supplied by the new founded workshop (in 1861) of Lorenz Neussner in Nuremberg.
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Lantern
Date:
c. 1862
Maker:
Lorenz Neussner
Place of Origin:
Nürnberg
Materials/Techniques:
Painted sheet / Glass
Dimensions:
Length: 340 mm, Width: 200 mm, Height 430 mm
Astronomy & Geology
Date:
c. 1862
Maker:
Lorenz Neussner
Place of Origin:
Nürnberg
Materials/Techniques:
Hand-painted picture / Glass / Wood
Comical slides & chromatropes
Date:
c. 1862
Maker:
Lorenz Neussner
Place of Origin:
Nürnberg
Materials/Techniques:
Hand painted picture / Glass / Wood