British lantern slide illustrator; aprentice of H L Childe, later his partner from the 1840s until 1867 when he set up business on his own; worked for the Royal Polytechnic Institution; credited with invention of the rain-effect slide.
British lantern slide illustrator; aprentice of H L Childe, later his partner from the 1840s until 1867 when he set up business on his own; worked for the Royal Polytechnic Institution; credited with invention of the rain-effect slide.