Lot Essay
This is a variant of the illustration in Hrabalek. It was designed for projecting solid objects such as photographs and lantern slides. See also lot 170.
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Details
Megascop lantern
Bing, Nrnberg; red-painted and gilt-lined lamphouse, two projection lenses, two spirit burners with attached reflectors, two chimneys, and a quantity of slides, in maker's box
Bing, Nrnberg; red-painted and gilt-lined lamphouse, two projection lenses, two spirit burners with attached reflectors, two chimneys, and a quantity of slides, in maker's box
Literature
c.f. Hrabalek (1985), Laterna Magica, p. 75 no. 60.