Magic lantern slide showing Poppleton Church in winter

A hand-painted magic lantern slide depicting Poppleton Church in winter, by W R Hill, c.1860, and shown at the Royal Polytechnic Institution, London. The slide shows a snow-covered church and graveyard next to a river.

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).