2024

Treasures of pre-cinema history 

The magic lantern

Pictures

No. 01 Temple of Ramses II

Materials/Techniques:
Hand-painted picture / Glass / Wood / Metal
Dimensions:
Hight: 200 mm, Width 250 mm (Frame) - Diameter: 105 mm (Glass)
Literature:
Thomas Hartwell Horne: Landscape illustrations of the Bible, London 1836

No. 02 The Ruins of Karnak

Materials/Techniques:
Hand-painted picture / Glass / Wood / Metal
Dimensions:
Hight: 200 mm, Width 250 mm (Frame) - Diameter: 108 mm (Glass)
Literature:
Thomas Hartwell Horne: Landscape illustrations of the Bible, London 1836

No. 03 View in the Island of Philae

Materials/Techniques:
Hand-painted picture / Glass / Wood
Dimensions:
Hight: 200 mm, Width: 250 mm (Frame) - Hight: 130 mm, Width 130 mm (Glass)
Literature:
William Henry Bartlett: The Nile boat; or, glimpses of the land of Egypt; London 1849

No. 04 The halt on the dessert

(Part of Dissolving view)

Materials/Techniques:
Hand-painted picture / Glass / Wood
Dimensions:
Hight: 200 mm, Width: 250 mm (Frame) - Hight: 150 mm, Width: 150 mm (Glass)

No. 05 Mirage on the desert

(Part of Dissolving view)

Materials/Techniques:
Hand-painted picture / Glass / Wood
Dimensions:
Hight: 200 mm, Width: 250 mm (Frame) - Hight: 150 mm, Width 150 mm (Glass)

No. 06 The River Jordan

Signed "Clare 1857" at 6o'clock. "TC" and "The Jordan" at 9o'clock.

Materials/Techniques:
Hand-painted picture / Glass / Wood / Metal
Dimensions:
Hight: 200 mm, Width 250 mm (Frame) - Diameter: 108 mm (Glass)

No. 07 Mount Carmel

Materials/Techniques:
Hand-painted picture / Glass / Wood / Metal
Dimensions:
Hight: 200 mm, Width 250 mm (Frame) - Diameter: 108 mm (Glass)

No. 08 Cedars of Lebanon

Signed "Clare" and "Lebanon" at 6 o'clock. "TC" on the trunk of the right cedar.

Materials/Techniques:
Hand-painted picture / Glass / Wood / Metal
Dimensions:
Hight: 200 mm, Width 250 mm (Frame) - Diameter: 109 mm (Glass)

No. 09 Sea of Galilee

Materials/Techniques:
Hand-painted picture / Glass / Wood / Metal
Dimensions:
Hight: 200 mm, Width 250 mm (Frame) - Diameter: 108 mm (Glass)

No. 10 Mount Tabor

Signed "Clare" at 6 o'clock. "Mount Tabor" at 7 o'clock.

Materials/Techniques:
Hand-painted picture / Glass / Wood / Metal
Dimensions:
Hight: 200 mm, Width: 250 mm (Frame) - Diameter: 107 mm (Glass)
Literature:
Thomas Hartwell Horne: Landscape illustrations of the Bible, London 1836

No. 11 The Ruins of Ephesus

Materials/Techniques:
Hand-painted picture / Glass / Wood / Metal
Dimensions:
Hight: 200 mm, Width 250 mm (Frame) - Diameter: 108 mm (Glass)

No. 12 Bethlehem

Signed "Clare 1856" and "Bethlehem" at six o'clock. Initial "TC" on the wall half way to the town gate.

Materials/Techniques:
Hand-painted picture / Glass / Wood / Metal
Dimensions:
Hight: 200 mm, Width 250 mm (Frame) - Diameter: 108 mm (Glass)
Literature:
Henry Stebbing: The Christian in Palestine or Scenes of scared history, historical and descriptive, London 1847

No. 13 The Church of the Nativity

Signed "TC" at the column left hand.

Materials/Techniques:
Hand-painted picture / Glass / Wood / Metal
Dimensions:
Hight: 200 mm, Width 250 mm (Frame) - Diameter: 108 mm (Glass)
Literature:
Henry Stebbing: The Christian in Palestine or Scenes of scared history, historical and descriptive, London 1847

No. 14 The Hill of Samaria

Materials/Techniques:
Hand-painted picture / Glass / Wood / Metal
Dimensions:
Hight: 200 mm, Width 250 mm (Frame) - Diameter: 108 mm (Glass)
Literature:
Henry Stebbing: The Christian in Palestine or Scenes of scared history, historical and descriptive, London 1847

No. 15 The Valley of Jehoshaphat

Signed "TC" on the stone between the two tombs left hand side.

Materials/Techniques:
Hand-painted picture / Glass / Wood / Metal
Dimensions:
Hight: 200 mm, Width 250 mm (Frame) - Diameter: 108 mm (Glass)
Literature:
Henry Stebbing: The Christian in Palestine or Scenes of scared history, historical and descriptive, London 1847

No. 16 Tombs of the Kings

Signed "TC" on the big stone.

Materials/Techniques:
Hand-painted picture / Glass / Wood / Metal
Dimensions:
Hight: 200 mm, Width 250 mm (Frame) - Diameter: 108 mm (Glass)
Literature:
Henry Stebbing: The Christian in Palestine or Scenes of scared history, historical and descriptive, London 1847

No. 17 The Garden of Gethsemane

Materials/Techniques:
Hand-painted picture / Glass / Wood / Metal
Dimensions:
Hight: 200 mm, Width 250 mm (Frame) - Diameter: 109 mm (Glass)
Literature:
Henry Stebbing: The Christian in Palestine or Scenes of scared history, historical and descriptive, London 1847

No. 18 Tombs of the Virgin

Materials/Techniques:
Hand-painted picture / Glass / Wood / Metal
Dimensions:
Hight: 200 mm, Width 250 mm (Frame) - Diameter: 108 mm (Glass)
Literature:
Henry Stebbing: The Christian in Palestine or Scenes of scared history, historical and descriptive, London 1847

No. 19 The Pool of Siloam

Materials/Techniques:
Hand-painted picture / Glass / Wood / Metal
Dimensions:
Hight: 200 mm, Width 250 mm (Frame) - Diameter: 108 mm (Glass)
Literature:
Henry Stebbing: The Christian in Palestine or Scenes of scared history, historical and descriptive, London 1847

No. 20 Mount of Olives

Signed "Clare 1856" at the bottom at six o'clock. Initial d"TC" at the beginning of the wall.

Materials/Techniques:
Hand-painted picture / Glass / Wood / Metal
Dimensions:
Hight: 200 mm, Width 250 mm (Frame) - Diameter: 108 mm (Glass)
Literature:
Henry Stebbing: The Christian in Palestine or Scenes of scared history, historical and descriptive, London 1847

No. 21 Crypt of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem

Signed "TC" at the foot of the left hand column.

Materials/Techniques:
Hand-coloured photographic print / Glass / Wood
Dimensions:
Hight: 200 mm, Width: 250 mm (Frame) - Hight: 127 mm; Width: 127 mm (Glass)
Literature:
David Roberts: Crypt of the Holy Sepulchre. Jerusalem, Lithograph, London 1841

No. 22 Cavern of the Holy Cross

Signed "Clare" between 5 and 6 o'clock

Materials/Techniques:
Hand-painted picture / Glass / Wood / Metal
Dimensions:
Hight: 200 mm, Width 250 mm (Frame) - Diameter: 108 mm (Glass)
Literature:
Henry Stebbing: The Christian in Palestine or Scenes of scared history, historical and descriptive, London 1847

No. 23 The Mosque of Omar by day

(Part of Dissolving view)

Date:
1856
Maker:
Thomas Clare
Place of Origin:
London
Materials/Techniques:
Hand-painted picture / Glass / Wood
Dimensions:
Hight: 200 mm, Width 250 mm (Frame) - Hight 127 mm, Width: 127 mm (Glass)

No. 24 The Mosque of Omar by night

(Part of Dissolving view)

Materials/Techniques:
Hand-painted picture / Glass / Wood
Dimensions:
Hight: 200 mm, Width 250 mm (Frame) - Hight 127 mm, Width: 127 mm (Glass)

No. 25 Dome of the Great Mosque of Omar

Materials/Techniques:
Hand-painted picture / Glass / Wood
Dimensions:
Hight: 200 mm, Width 250 mm (Frame) - Hight 127 mm, Width: 127 mm (Glass)

No. 26 Crucification

Materials/Techniques:
Hand-painted picture / Glass / Wood / Metal
Dimensions:
Hight: 200 mm, Width 250 mm (Frame) - Hight 127 mm, Width: 127 mm (Glass)