Magic lantern set effects slide (La tarte aux oiseaux - the bird pie)

France, c. 1870

Object On display
Photograph by Egmont Contreras, ACMI

Hand painted magic lantern set effects slide with wooden frame. A man smiles holding a large pie - by sliding the effects slide, a three birds fly out of the pie and his smile turns in to a frown. Black tape has been adhered to the edge of the sliding section.

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

AEO179656

Curatorial section

The Story of the Moving Image → Moving Pictures → MI-02. Play and Illusion → MI-02-C01 → Panel A7

Measurements

101 x 179 x 10mm

Object Types

3D Object

Glass slide/Pictorial

Materials

wood, glass, ink, metal

Collected

2 times

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