Jack the Giant Killer lantern slides

United Kingdom, c. 1880

Object
Photograph by Egmont Contreras, ACMI

Magic lantern slides made up of printed coloured images on round pices of glass mounted in a rectangular wood frame with a glue/resin. Frame has printed green label attached on one end noting ‘Patent Enamel Slides for the Magic Lantern, J Barnard & Son, Maker, London, Jack The Giant Killer. #’, the other end of slide has embossed text noting ‘B&S PATENT’.

On display until:

ACMI: Gallery 1

12 August 2021

Credits

creator

J Barnard & Son

Measurements

100 x 176 x 10mm

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Magic lantern slides

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