A magician's cave; sailing ships and steamship at sea; kaleidoscope; children. Coloured magic lantern slides.

Date:
[between 1800 and 1899?]
Reference:
748273i
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Description

1. Magician's cave. "No. 65 Zauberer Geister beschw[ör]end. Magicien. Conjurer". Also bears price sticker of A.W. Gamage Ltd. (2/3). 2 Sailing ship at sea by moonlight. Lever handle reproduces effect of rolling on the waves. 3. Kaleidoscope with integral handle for rotation. Glass broken incomplete? 4. Steamship at sea. Rotating handle (but does not engage with toothed wheel) Mount has stamp of Carpenter & Westley, Regent Street London 5. Photograph of engraving of two children "Childhood No. 6". Glass bears label of "Newton & Co., Makers, 3 Fleet St. London"

Publication/Creation

London (Regent Street) : Carpenter & Westley, [between 1800 and 1899?]
London (3 Fleet St.) : Newton & Co., Makers, [between 1800 and 1899?]

Physical description

5 photographs : transparencies, with watercolour ; mounts approximately 10.5 x 18 cm

Contributors

Reference

Wellcome Collection 748273i

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