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Lantern Slide - Bamforth & Co., 'Gabriel Grub', Late 19th Century
Reg. No: MM 32039 16
- Summary:
- Set of seventeen 'life model' magic lantern slides which was used in telling the story of "Gabriel Grub; or the Story of the Goblins who Stole a Sexton" using a magic lantern projector. A booklet accompanies the set of slides. Incomplete set of slides.
The story was based on a chapter of Charles Dickens' "Pickwick Papers", originally published in serialised form between March 1836 and October 1837. - Description:
- Colour glass lantern slide.
- Description Of Content:
- Image of a spade, a lantern and a wicker bottle laying in the snow in a cemetery.
- Acquisition Information:
- Loan & Subsequent Donation from Australian Film Institute (AFI)
- Acknowledgement:
- Source: Museum Victoria
| Discipline: | Technology |
| Dimensions: | 82 mm (Height), 82 mm (Width) |
More information
| Tagged with: | entertainment, lantern slides, christmas |
| Themes this item is part of: | Images & Image Making Collection, Francis Collection |
| Primary Classification: | PHOTOGRAPHY |
| Secondary Classification: | Images (To Be Classified) |
| Tertiary Classification: | images (to be classified) |
| Inscriptions: | Text, sticker on slide: Gabriel Grub. Text, top edge of slide: The lantern, the spade, and the wicker bottle. |
| Format: | Lantern Slide: Hand Coloured; Standard (3¼ in. x 3¼ in.) |
| Producer: | Bamforth & Co., Holmfirth, West Yorkshire, England, Great Britain, 1850s-1890s |
| Collector: | Mr David Francis, London, Middlesex, England, Great Britain, 1991 |
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