Pair of Baker Dissolving View Lanterns

PART OF:: The Kodak Museum Collection

Made:: 1865-1875 in London

Pair of Baker Dissolving View Lanterns. C Baker, Optician, 244 High Holburn, Lodon. Wooden bodies; japanned metal fronts with brass lenses, rack focused, with pivoted caps. Probably for oil burners; lamps missing; tall chimneys missing, but simulations made for display. In box with fitting for comb dissolver, instructions for Newton's Reflugent lamps pasted inside lid.

Dissolving views usually requied two magic lanterns to create the full effect. As one scene was faded out on one lantern, a second view was gradually faded in on the other, giving the effect of a scene slowly chaning before the eyes of the audience. This technique was widely used during the second half of the 19th century. The first dissolving views date from the 1820s and 30s they were able to create effects such as a daytime scene slowly moving into the identical scene at night. They could also be used to insert additional scenes, thoughts or dreams into a scene.

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Category:: Cinematography

Collection:: Kodak Collection

Object Number:: 1990-5036/8554

type:: lantern slide projector

credit:: The Kodak Collection at the National Media Museum, Bradford

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Pair of Baker Dissolving View Lanterns. C Baker, Optician, 244 High Holburn, Lodon. Wooden bodies; japanned metal fronts with brass lenses, rack focused, with pivoted caps. Probably for oil burners; lamps missing; tall chimneys missing, but simulations made for display. In box with fitting for comb dissolver, instructions for Newton's Reflugent lamps pasted inside lid.

Pair of Baker Dissolving View Lanterns

Pair of Baker Dissolving View Lanterns. C Baker, Optician, 244 High Holburn, Lodon. Wooden bodies; japanned metal fronts with brass lenses, rack focused, with pivoted caps. Probably for oil burners; lamps missing; tall chimneys missing, but simulations made for display. In box with fitting for comb dissolver, instructions for Newton's Reflugent lamps pasted inside lid.

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Dissolving views usually requied two magic lanterns to create the full effect. As one scene was faded out on one lantern, a second view was gradually faded in on the other, giving the effect of a scene slowly chaning before the eyes of the audience. This technique was widely used during the second half of the 19th century. The first dissolving views date from the 1820s and 30s they were able to create effects such as a daytime scene slowly moving into the identical scene at night. They could also be used to insert additional scenes, thoughts or dreams into a scene.

Object Number:: 1990-5036/8554/1

type:: lantern slide projector

Two replica chimneys for pair of Baker dissolving view lanterns.

Two replica chimneys for pair of Baker dissolving view lanterns

Two replica chimneys for pair of Baker dissolving view lanterns.

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Dissolving views usually requied two magic lanterns to create the full effect. As one scene was faded out on one lantern, a second view was gradually faded in on the other, giving the effect of a scene slowly chaning before the eyes of the audience. This technique was widely used during the second half of the 19th century. The first dissolving views date from the 1820s and 30s they were able to create effects such as a daytime scene slowly moving into the identical scene at night. They could also be used to insert additional scenes, thoughts or dreams into a scene.

Object Number:: 1990-5036/8554/2

type:: chimneys