Rare Antique Circa 19th Century Gaslight Magic Lantern Slides Photos - 100 Plus
$2,483.09
A rare and highly collectible collection of antique gaslight / magic lantern slides, dating to the 19th century / early photographic era, comprising 100+ glass slides housed in an original wooden storage box along with additional boxed examples.
This is a substantial and fascinating job lot of original gaslight / magic lantern slides, used historically for projection entertainment and early visual storytelling before cinema. These glass slides would have been viewed using a magic lantern projector, an optical device that projected images onto a wall using light sources such as oil lamps or early gaslight. 
Slides like these were among the earliest forms of visual media, often hand-painted or early photographic positives on glass, sometimes even hand-coloured for added effect.
Approx 107 or thereabouts
Places of interest, UK and Europe and religious
Magic lantern slides were widely used throughout the 1800s for public shows, scientific lectures, and domestic entertainment, making them an important part of early visual history.
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