Treasures of pre-cinema history
The magic lantern
Pictures
No. 01
Soldiers Dream
Maker:
Thomas Clare
Materials/Techniques:
Hand-painted picture / Glass / Wood
Dimensions:
Hight: 200 mm, Width: 250 mm (Frame) / Hight: 153 mm, Width: 153 mm (Glass)
No. 03 a
Church Window by Moonlight
Maker:
Thomas Clare
Materials/Techniques:
Hand-painted picture / Glass / Wood
No. 04
Ruins of Pompeii
Maker:
Thomas Clare
Materials/Techniques:
Hand-painted picture / Glass / Wood
Literature:
The Rhine, Italy, and Greece by Wright, G. N. (George Newenham). London & Paris 1841. Engraving between page 51 & 52.
Notes
Signature "Clare" at 6 o'clock. Initial "TC" on the trunkyard.
No. 06
Ruins of Sibyl's Temple at Tivoli
Maker:
Thomas Clare
Materials/Techniques:
Hand-painted picture / Wood / Glass.
Dimensions:
Frame 250 x 200 mm, Glass 107 x 103 mm
Literature:
Oil painting by William Pagte 1833. Findens Landscapes.
Notes
Signature "Clare 1850" on the wall. Title "Tivoli" bottom left.
No. 11
Shady Creek Canal, Winter
Maker:
Thomas Clare
Materials/Techniques:
Handcoloured. Wood. Glass.
Dimensions:
Frame 250 x 200 mm, Glass 127 x 127 mm
No. 14
The Aurora Borealis
Maker:
Thomas Clare
Materials/Techniques:
Hand-painted picture / Wood / Glass
Dimensions:
Frame 250 x 200 mm, Glass 107 x 107 mm
No. 19
The Spectre of the Broken
Maker:
Thomas Clare
Materials/Techniques:
Hand-painted picture / Wood / Glass
Dimensions:
Frame 250 x 200 mm, Glass 127 x 127 mm
Notes
Initials "TC" at the left corner bottom.
No. 20
The Spectre of the Broken
Maker:
Thomas Clare
Materials/Techniques:
Hand-painted picture / Wood / Glass.
Dimensions:
Frame 250 x 200 mm, Glass 127 x 127 mm
Notes
Initials "TC" in the black sky.
No. --
Crucification
Maker:
Thomas Clare
Materials/Techniques:
Hand-painted picture / Mahogany wood / Glass.
No. --
Isle of Bute?
Materials/Techniques:
Photographic image / Wood / Glass
Notes
Motive on the Isle of Bute? The former home of the collection.
No. --
Queen Victoria
Materials/Techniques:
Hand-coloured photographic image / Wood / Glass
Dimensions:
Frame 250 x 200 mm, Glass 107 x 107 mm