Choreutoscope slide
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Choreutoscope slide

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Choreutoscope slide
comprising a 7¾ x 1 inch six-position hand-painted coloured slide with paper-taped edges showing a magician, set in a slide-holder with metal front and back, and hand-cranked internal shutter mechanism
Literature
Franz Paul Liesegang (1926), (trans. Hermann Hecht, 1986), Dates and Sources, pp. 36-37.
Special notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

Lot Essay

In 1884 W. C. Hughes was granted British patent number 13,372 of 9 October 1884 for a magic lantern slide carrier based on Beale's Choreutoscope. The idea was developed and a number of companies issued their own versions of the Choreutoscope slide including J. H. Steward. The glass picture slide in this example is fixed and retained in its holder by a hinged wood stopper.

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