Lantern Slide - Miniature Panorama Format, Ernst Plank, Ships & Row Boats at Sea, 1866-1920

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Summary:: Alternative Name(s): Children's Slide; Panorama Maic Lantern Slide

This lantern slide series is part of the Francis Collection of pre-cinematic apparatus and ephemera, acquired by the Australian and Victorian Governments in 1975. David Francis was the curator of the National Film and Sound Archive of the British Film Institute as well as being a co-founder of the Museum of the Moving Image in London, which was operational between 1988 and 1999.
Description:: Panorama slide with colour images printed on glass with orange paper edging.
Description Of Content:: Two ships and two row boats in the open sea, with birds in the sky and a jetty and other buildings on the left.
Acquisition Information:: Loan & Subsequent Donation from Australian Film Institute (AFI)
Acknowledgement:: Source: Museum Victoria

Discipline:	Technology
Dimensions:	40 mm (Height), 150 mm (Width)

Tagged with:	ships, buildings, lantern slides, recreation activities, birds, row boats, oceans, optical amusements
Themes this item is part of:	Francis Collection, Images & Image Making Collection
Primary Classification:	GAMES & TOYS
Secondary Classification:	Optical Toys
Tertiary Classification:	lantern slides
Inscriptions:	Printed in black ink in a circle on edge of glass slide: 'E. P.'
Format:	Lantern Slide: Colour; Miniature Panorama - Continuous
Manufacturer:	Ernst Plank, Nuremberg, Germany, 1866-1920
Collector:	Mr David Francis, London, Middlesex, England, 1990