Magic lantern slide: Graveyard Ghost
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LicenseA magic lantern slipping slide entitled 'Graveyard Ghost'
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A magic lantern slipping slide entitled 'Graveyard Ghost'
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum, London
Magic lantern slipping slide
Magic lantern slipping slide
The Kodak Collection at the National Media Museum, Bradford
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A magic lantern slipping slide entitled 'Graveyard Ghost', made by an unknown artist in the 19th century. The first part of the slide shows a man stood by the gravestone with a lamp. In this second part he is surprised by a boy holding a ghost made from a sheet.
A magic lantern slipping slide entitled 'Graveyard Ghost', made by an unknown artist in the 19th century.
A slipping slide consists of two pieces of glass - both painted with different stages of a movement. Black patches painted on the movable, or 'slipping', slide alternately cover and uncover the stages of movement.
The first part of the slide shows a man stood by the gravestone with a lamp. In this second part he is surprised by a boy holding a ghost made from a sheet.
Details
- Category:
- Cinematography
- Collection:
- Kodak Collection
- Object Number:
- 1990-5036/11430
- type:
- lantern slide
- copyright:
- National Science and Media Museum
- credit:
- The Kodak Collection at the National Media Museum, Bradford
