Jane Conquest magic lantern slides

United Kingdom, c. 1891

Courtesy Martyn Jolly

Object
Photograph by Egmont Contreras, ACMI

Creator, York & Son, England. Man with lantern standing by collapsed woman.
Narrative for slide “The scene faded and its place was taken by the belfry interior dominated by the large figure of the sexton, his face buried in false whiskers, bending over Jane’s unconscious form.”

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Collection

Not in ACMI's collection

Previously on display

23 June 2023

ACMI: Gallery 1

Credits

creator

York & Son

Production places
United Kingdom
Production dates
c. 1891

Appears in

Group of items

Jane Conquest magic lantern slides

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

LN179810

Curatorial section

The Story of the Moving Image → Moving Pictures → MI-02. Play and Illusion → MI-02-C01 → Panel B2

Measurements

82 x 82 x 4mm

Object Types

3D Object

Glass slide/Pictorial

Materials

glass, ink, gum arabic tape

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