Magic lantern slide showing scene from 'Alice's Adventures or The Queen of Hearts and the Stolen Tarts'

PART OF:
Fourteen hand-painted magic lantern slides used at Royal Polytechnic Institution
Made:
1876 in United Kingdom
maker:
W R Hill
Royal Polytechnic Institution magic lantern slide: grand room

Royal Polytechnic Institution magic lantern slide: grand room

A hand-painted magic lantern slide depicting a scene from 'Alice's Adventures or The Queen of Hearts and the Stolen Tarts' painted by W R Hill in 1876 and shown at the Royal Polytechnic Institution, London as part of the Easter 1876 production based on Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'.

A hand-painted magic lantern slide depicting a scene from 'Alice's Adventures or The Queen of Hearts and the Stolen Tarts' painted by W R Hill in 1876 and shown at the Royal Polytechnic Institution, London. The slide shows an owl, a dodo, a parrot and other birds in a pool of water.

The Royal Polytechnic Institution in Regent Street, London, was renowned for its spectacular magic lantern shows employing as many as six huge lanterns projecting large, hand-painted slides eight inches (20.3 cm) by five inches (12.7 cm).

Details

Category:
Cinematography
Object Number:
1951-305/6
Materials:
glass, wood and paint
Measurements:
overall: 260 mm x 315 mm x 15 mm,
type:
magic lantern slide
credit:
The National Media Museum, Bradford