Photographs & Optical Toys

Shakespears Birth Place, Disolving Magic Lantern Set, ’shakespears birthplace’, day, night and winter. 3 slide magic lantern dissolve set, hand co...

Bombardment of Alexandria, Dissolving Magic Lantern Set, fine pair of hand painted magic lantern dissolving view slides. ‘bombardment of Alexandri...

Finely Painted Magic Lantern Slides, 4 fine hand painted magic lantern slides by carpenter and westley. measuring 7” x 3 ¾”. to include: Paris wit...

Collection of 19th Century Ethnographic magic Lantern Slides the slides by Newton Fleet st London and inscribed in period pen 'Araucana of Chili',...

5 Magic Lantern Slides, Smoking Related, 5 magic lantern slipping slides of smoking related interest. measuring 7” x 4”.

Dissolving Magic Lantern Slides of a Steamer, set of 4 hand coloured magic lantern dissolving view slides. steamer in the bay of biscay. measuring...

An Unusual Set of 10 French ‘Cinderella’ Magic Lantern Slides. An unusual set of 10 ‘Cinderella’ magic lantern slides. wood framed, french. measur...

Magic Lantern Slide of Telescope & Astronomer, A hand-painted magic lantern slipping slide the astronomer with a telescope, paper label for Mr. Di...

" Astronomical Magic Lantern Slides including a hand painted image of Saturn mounted in a wooden frame by Edward George Wood and a hand-paintd ima...

The Enchanted Forest. Hand-Painted Dissolving Lantern Slides, the enchanted forest. hand painted dissolving view set. 2 slides. measuring 7” x 4”

Milan Cathedral, Dissolving Magic Lantern Slide Set, ‘Milan cathedral’ day, night, and illuminations. 3 slide magic lantern dissolve set, hand col...

A Shop Fire Dissolving Magic Lantern Slide Set, A ‘shop fire’ day, night and shop ablaze. 3 slide magic lantern dissolve set, hand coloured. measu...

5 Astronomical Double Magic Lantern Slides, by Newton, Opticians & Globe Makers, Fleet St London with 10 hand painted images of astronomical subje...

A 'Cricket' Magic Lantern Slide, ‘cricket’ hand painted magic lantern slipping slide. works well. measuring 7” x 4”

A Very Early Set of Magic Lantern Slide, An Unusual set of Mahogany slides with smaller than usual hand painted circular windows, 2 with seperate ...

A Rare set of Dissolving Aurora Borealis’ Magic Lantern Slides, ‘aurora borealis’. 2 slide magic lantern dissolve set, hand painted. measuring 7” ...

Magic Lantern Dissolve Set, Mahogany framed slides of a hand tinted sleeping child with a second slide of floating angels, slide labelled 'Dissolv...

Magic Lantern Slide of a Woman with Growing Chin & Nose, wooden slide with hand-painted image of woman with a glass slipping slide to reveal a gro...

Magic Lantern Slide of Silhouetted Dancing Monkeys, Mahogany slide with 2 articulated brass monkeys on a spindle driven by a cord rotated by the h...

Lantern Slide of People Ice Skating, long wooden slide with hand-painted winter scene with frozen lake, handle is pulled and a group of hand-paint...

Magic Lantern Slide, Tug of War, Mahogany framed slide with hand-painted top curtain with brass silhouetted characters having a tug of war, the sl...

A Very Finely Painted Magic Lantern Slide Set, the 6 mahogany slides with delicately painted scenes of 'The Miller, His Son and their Donkey' the ...

Magic Lantern Slide of Man Fighting a Snake, Mahogany slide with a good clear image of a man fighting a snake, the snake is animated a the seconda...

Magic Lantern Dissolve Set of an Alpine Climber, mahogany slides, the first of a hand painted static image of a climber high up in the Alps, smoki...

Magic Lantern Slide of Man with Growing Chin, Mahogany slide impressed 'ABRAHAM & Co LIVERPOOL' with hand-painted image of a man, when the lever i...

Magic Lantern Slide of a Dancing Sailor, Mahogany fremed slide, stamped 'REGISTERED' the slide with a hand painted stage, in the centre is a silho...

Magic Lantern Slide of Animated Boats at Anchor, mahogany slide with evening scene of tall ships at anchor in Alexandria, with rowing boat leaving...

Mechanical Magic Lantern Slide of an Optical Illusion, mahogany slide with a single rotating disk, with hand painted image of 3 soldiers with larg...

Magic Lantern Slides of Hogarth's Drawings, Mahogany frames impressed 'NEWTON 3 FLEET ST LONDON', each with hand painted scenes of Industry & Idle...

Magic Lantern Slides of Old London, Mahogany slides with hand-painted and hand -coloured slides, Slide 12 labelled 'D.W. Noake & Son' and 'Old Lon...

Magic Lantern Slide of a Rural Scene With a Curtain, the mahogany framed slide with a detailed hand-painted image of a country scene, with a windi...

Magic Lantern Slide of Native People Dancing Around a Burning Person, Mahogany Slide, with hand painted scene of a fire on a beach, a rotating lev...

Mechanical Magic Lantern Slide of a Windmill Mahogany Framed slide impressed 'CARPENTER & WESTLEY 24 REGENTST LONDON', with hand-painted scene of ...

Magic Lantern Slide of a swaying Ship at Sea, Mahogany framed slide with a very delicately painted harbour scene, a small fishing boat on a glass ...

A Complex Mechanical Polarising Magic Lantern Slide of a Swan, the slide is constructed of mahogany with an image of a swan between 2 polarizing f...

A Complete Set of 9 Astronomical Lantern Slides, English c.1880, unsigned but typical of the sets made by Newton or Carpenter & Westly, the set of...

An Automita-esque Lantern Slide of a Boy Being Caned, English, 19th Century, brass silhouette of a teacher caning a poor student, the action via 2...

French, 19th century, blue label for 'E. Mazo, 10 Bould. Magenta, Paris' further labelled in pen 'Le Bains froids' - the cold baths, the slide wit...

Lantern Slide of A Devil & Wheelbarrow, An unusual slide of a hand-painted devil pushing a wheelbarrow, a brass lever then covers the devils head ...

Magic Lantern Mechanical Beehive Slide the slide with contra-rotating glass disks giving the effect of swarming bees outside the beehive, with fin...

A Very Large Polytechnic Chromatrope Magic Lantern Slide, Large Mahogany Frame constructed in 3 parts, hand painted contra-rotating glass disks dr...

Mechanical Magic Lantern Slide of a musician with Changing Faces, mahogany frame with mechanical geared disk with 13 different facial expressions,...

‘A Very Merry Christmas Chromtrope’ Hand-Painted Rackwork Magic Lantern Slide ‘a very merry christmas chromtrope’ hand painted rackwork magic lant...

A Hand Painted Chromotrope / Watermill Rackwork Magic Lantern Slide A hand painted chromotrope / watermill rackwork magic lantern slide. works wel...

A Beehive Chromatrope Magic Lantern Slide A ‘beehive / chromotrope’, hand painted rackwork magic lantern slide. works well. measuring 7” x 4 1/4”.

A ‘Man Eating Rats’, Hand-Painted Rackwork Magic Lantern Slide, A ‘man eating rats’, hand painted rackwork magic lantern slide by carpenter and we...

A ‘Volcano’ Hand-Painted Rackwork Magic Lantern Slide A ‘volcano’ hand painted rackwork magic lantern slide. works well. measuring 6 1/2” x 4”.

A ‘Eidotrope’ Rackwork Magic Lantern Slide, A ‘eidotrope’ rackwork magic lantern slide, the slide produces a zoom-in/out effect, works well. measu...

A Dissolving Set of Lantern Slides With a Snow Effect, comprising of three wooden framed slides, the first a hand-painted static image of carol si...

Handpainted Windmill chromatrope Magic Lantern Slide, A ‘windmill / chromotrope’ hand-painted contra-rotating rackwork magic lantern slide. works ...

A Hand-Painted Windmill Magic Lantern Slide, windmill’ hand painted rackwork magic lantern slide. works well. measuring 7” x 4”

A 'Good Night' Mechanical Magic Lantern Slide, A ‘goodnight chromtrope’ hand painted rackwork magic lantern slide. works well. measuring 7” x 4”

A ‘Goose skipping, with Punch and Judy’ Magic Lantern Slide, A ‘Goose skipping, with Punch and Judy’ hand-painted magic lantern skipping slide. wo...

A Fish Bowl, Rackwork Magic Lantern Slide, A ‘fishbowl’ hand-painted rackwork magic lantern slide. works well. measuring 7” x 4”

An Unusual Curtain Magic Lantern Slide, A ‘curtain slide’ unusual magic lantern goodnight curtain slide. with fabric curtain that unvails the imag...

A ‘Chromotrope’ Hand-Painted Rackwork Magic Lantern Slide, A ‘chromotrope’ hand painted rackwork magic lantern slide. works well. measuring 7” x 4...

An Astronomical Orrery Magic Lantern Slide, An Astronomical Orrery Magic Lantern Slide with label for 'No.1 The Solar System, shewing the revoluti...

'The Fountain’ a Pair of Dissolving View Magic Lantern Slides, 'the fountain’ a pair of dissolving view magic lantern slides. measuring 7” x 4 1/2”

Mechanical 'Fountain', Hand-Painted Magic Lantern Slide, fountain’ hand-painted rackwork magic lantern slide. measuring 7” x 4 1/2”

4 hand painted astronomical mechanical magic lantern slides 4 hand painted astronomical mechanical magic lantern slides, including the Seasons, Th...