Magic lantern slide showing the Eddystone Lighthouse

A hand-painted magic lantern slide depicting Eddystone's lighthouse off the coast of Devon, by an unknown artist, c. 1860, and shown at the Royal Polytechnic Institution, London. The slide shows one of the Eddystone lighthouses - the one currently standing is the fourth to be built on the site since 1696.

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).