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)