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Lantern Slide - 'Eighteenth Century Interior', 1909-1930
Reg. No: MM 111670
- Summary:
- One of a set of ninety magic lantern slides containing images of artefacts, art works, decorative arts, interiors and furniture which appear to belong to various museum and gallery collections in the United Kingdom.
The Francis Collection of pre-cinematic apparatus and ephemera was 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:
- Standard format (3¼ x 3¼ inch square) lantern slide, comprising black & white photograph printed on glass with black paper edging under a protective glass cover plate.
- Description Of Content:
- Painting of an 18th century interior. It features a family group with a mother seated at a small table holding a baby in her lap, and older girl stands to her right, holding a toy squirrel in her hand, while another child holding a book stands the other side of the table.
- 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: | museum history, art, families, furniture, portraits, paintings, lantern slides, interior views, museums, art galleries, decorative arts, optical amusements |
| Themes this item is part of: | Francis Collection, Images & Image Making Collection, Public Life & Institutions Collection |
| Primary Classification: | PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS |
| Secondary Classification: | Museums & Galleries |
| Tertiary Classification: | heritage displays |
| Inscriptions: | Hand written in blue ink on a cream label attached to slide: '1044' Hand written in blue ink on a cream label attached to slide: 'EIGHTEENTH CENTURY INTERIOR' |
| Format: | Lantern Slide: Black & White; Standard (3¼ in. x 3¼ in.) |
| Place & Date Created: | England, Great Britain, 1909-1930 |
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