Magic lantern slipping slide (Knight and Princess)

United Kingdom, c. 1900

ACMI Collection

Object
Photograph by Egmont Contreras, ACMI

Magic lantern set effects slide with dark wooden frame. By sliding the effects slide, a a princess pushes a knight from her window or cuts his climbing rope, resulting in his fall Set against a black background.

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Collection

In ACMI's collection

Previously on display

23 February 2025

ACMI: Gallery 1

Credits

creator

Maker not documented

Production places
United Kingdom
Production dates
c. 1900

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

R0007985

Curatorial section

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

Measurements

100 x 171 x 9mm

Object Types

3D Object

Glass slide/Pictorial

Materials

wood, glass, ink

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