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Magic Lantern Slide
Magic lantern slide, 8.25 cm (3 ¼") square in mahogany frame 17.6 cm x 11.3 cm (7" x 4 ½") c. 1870, branded L D Brooke, depicts The Court of the Lions fountain in The Alhambra.
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" In Great Britain around 1870, the manufacturer J. Barnard &
Son industrially produced the first really successful decal
transparencies in full color. The decals were printed in enameled inks that were subsequently cooked once the illustrations had been transferred to the glass. The pieces of glass were circular, and mounted in mahogany frames measuring 7 (17.78 cm) x 4 (10.16 cm) inches, covered by protective glass that was in turn held in place by a metal ring.
After 1885, when magic lantern slides measuring 8.25 cm
long flooded the market, a size that had become a kind of
“standard” for the chassis of the projector, the popularity of
decal slides for magic lanterns rose sharply."
Magic Lantern Slide
Magic lantern slide, 8.25 cm (3 ¼") square in mahogany frame 17.6 cm x 11.3 cm (7" x 4 ½") c. 1870, branded L D Brooke, depicts The Court of the Lions fountain in The Alhambra.
www.alhambra-patronato.es/index.php/The-Court-of-the-Lion...
" In Great Britain around 1870, the manufacturer J. Barnard &
Son industrially produced the first really successful decal
transparencies in full color. The decals were printed in enameled inks that were subsequently cooked once the illustrations had been transferred to the glass. The pieces of glass were circular, and mounted in mahogany frames measuring 7 (17.78 cm) x 4 (10.16 cm) inches, covered by protective glass that was in turn held in place by a metal ring.
After 1885, when magic lantern slides measuring 8.25 cm
long flooded the market, a size that had become a kind of
“standard” for the chassis of the projector, the popularity of
decal slides for magic lanterns rose sharply."