Lot Essay
This unusual lantern is very similar to the model shown in Robinson, which is taken from an illustration of 1873-4.
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Details
Double Lantern
J. B. Dancer, Manchester; mahogany and black-painted metal with lacquered brass fittings, chimney, condenser lenses, limelight illuminants, a pair of offset projecting lenses, brass bound with rack and pinion focusing, maker's name inscribed on upper slide holder, approx. 2 ft. high, in fitted wooden box
J. B. Dancer, Manchester; mahogany and black-painted metal with lacquered brass fittings, chimney, condenser lenses, limelight illuminants, a pair of offset projecting lenses, brass bound with rack and pinion focusing, maker's name inscribed on upper slide holder, approx. 2 ft. high, in fitted wooden box
Literature
Robinson (1993), Iconography of the Magic Lantern, p. 67, no. 240
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