Jane Conquest magic lantern slides

United Kingdom, c. 1891

Courtesy Martyn Jolly

Object On display
Photograph by Egmont Contreras, ACMI

Creator, York & Son, England. Man with lantern, woman standing by baby’s bassinet and seated man.
Narrative for slide “He revived her and led her home, where she was astonished and overjoyed to find her husband
‘sav´d in that fearful hour By his wife’s brave deed and trust in need in Heaven’s all gracious power”

Collection

Not in ACMI's collection

Previously on display

22 February 2026

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

LN179811

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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