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CARPENTER & WESTLEY, London
A pair of metal-body Improved Phantasmagoria magic lanterns each with 3½ inch condensing lenses, chimney, lens and brass plate Carpenter & Westley, 24 Regent St, London, one with spirit burner, both mounted on a wood base with handle attached to a circular metal dissolving plate, in maker's fitted wood box with applied labels General Instructions for using Carpenter & Westley's Phantasmagoria Lantern, List of moveable astronomical diagrams and general information sheet; a quantity of wood-mounted, hand-painted 7 x 4 inch (approx.) lantern slides comprising forty-two coloured slides showing British topography, animals and other subjects; twelve black and white/silhouette slides; eight coloured slipping slides; one hand-cranked mechanical slide, some titled and marked with maker's name.
A pair of metal-body Improved Phantasmagoria magic lanterns each with 3½ inch condensing lenses, chimney, lens and brass plate Carpenter & Westley, 24 Regent St, London, one with spirit burner, both mounted on a wood base with handle attached to a circular metal dissolving plate, in maker's fitted wood box with applied labels General Instructions for using Carpenter & Westley's Phantasmagoria Lantern, List of moveable astronomical diagrams and general information sheet; a quantity of wood-mounted, hand-painted 7 x 4 inch (approx.) lantern slides comprising forty-two coloured slides showing British topography, animals and other subjects; twelve black and white/silhouette slides; eight coloured slipping slides; one hand-cranked mechanical slide, some titled and marked with maker's name.
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