Magic lantern set effects slide (Les jouers de cartes - the card players)

France, c. 1870

Object On display
Photograph by Egmont Contreras, ACMI

Hand painted magic lantern set effects slipping slide in wooden frame [Les Jouers de Cartes - the Card Players]. By sliding the effects slide, two card players’ heads turn in to a chicken (left) and a dog (right).

Photograph by Egmont Contreras, ACMI

Collection

Not in ACMI's collection

Previously on display

22 February 2026

ACMI: Gallery 1

Credits

creator

Maker not documented

Production places
France
Production dates
c. 1870

Appears in

Group of items

Mechanical magic lantern slides

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

AEO179655

Curatorial section

The Story of the Moving Image → Moving Pictures → MI-02. Play and Illusion → MI-02-C01 → Panel C3

Measurements

110 x 255 x 10mm

Object Types

3D Object

Glass slide/Pictorial

Materials

wood, glass, ink, metal

Collected

1 times

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