Wooden magic lantern slide (Boy and Moonfish at the Museum)

United Kingdom, c. 1890

Object On display

Photograph by Egmont Contreras, ACMI

Collection

Not in ACMI's collection

Previously on display

22 February 2026

ACMI: Gallery 1

Credits

Production places

United Kingdom

Production dates

c. 1890

Appears in

Group of items

Mechanical magic lantern slides

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

AEO185617

Curatorial section

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

Measurements

10.2 x 17.35 x 0.9 cm

Object Types

3D Object

Glass slide/Pictorial

Materials

wood, glass, ink, metal

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