113 Hand-painted lantern slides
Datecirca 1860
Inventory NumberDW0154a
ClassificationLantern Slides
Subject
Dimensions34 x 45.8 x 31.2 cm (13 3/8 x 18 1/16 x 12 5/16 in.)
Description113 wooden-framed hand-painted glass lantern slides of subjects including scenes, statues, and character actors for magic lantern projection. Slides are labelled in German. One slide is not framed.
InscribedSingle slide marked "Ferdinand Fuchs Wien '[?] 186' [?] Gedreidemarkt 17"
ProvenanceDavid Wheatland purchased from Alain Brieux, Paris, February 19, 1964 (likely lot 14/2); donated to CHSI c. 1985.
Historical AttributesSlides mounted by German Swiss professional. Purchased in 1964 from Alain Brieux in Paris by David Wheatland, who donated them to the Collection.
Jefferson Physical Laboratory, Harvard University
Date: 1925-1940
Accessories: cardboard box
Object number: 1998-1-0896
American
Date: circa 1906
Object number: 1996-1-0715
Scientific Shop
Date: 1902-1909
Accessories: box
Object number: 1997-1-0751
A. T. Thompson & Company
Date: circa 1875
Object number: WJ1183
American
Date: ca. 1956-1970
Accessories: 3 lantern slides, two unlabeled, one labeled "Möllenstedt & Düker 2 P. 145 1956 Fresnel Bi-Prism Interferance [sic] w/ Electrons 38
Object number: 1998-1-0855