Magic lantern slide: Dismembered clown
A magic lantern slipping slide of a dismembered clown, made by an unknown artist in about 1870. This slide shows a clown who, with one pull of the slide, loses his head and limbs.
A slipping (or slipper) slide is designed to give movement to a still drawing to reveal something which was previously hidden. There are two main types of slipping slide, single and double. With the single slide, the action is produced by sliding one glass in front of another. - two glasses are mounted in a wooden frame, one of which is fixed and the other moves across it. The movable glass is called the slipping glass and can be moved usually into two final positions to mask off then reveal part of the image.
Details
- Category:
- Cinematography
- Collection:
- Kodak Collection
- Object Number:
- 1990-5036/11463
- Materials:
- wood (unidentified), glass and paint
- Measurements:
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overall: 100 mm x 178 mm x 10 mm,
- type:
- lantern slide
- rights:
- National Science and Media Museum
- credit:
- The Kodak Collection at the National Media Museum, Bradford
