magic lantern
Datebefore 1766
Inventory Number0089
ClassificationMagic Lantern
Subject
Maker
Robert Hale
?
1702 - 1767
Maker
the Reverend John Prince
1751 - 1836
Cultural Region
Place of Origin
Dimensions95 x 32 x 92 cm (37 3/8 x 12 5/8 x 36 1/4 in.)
lantern, 94cm without smoke stack: 111.8 cm (44 in.)
lantern: 29.5 x 48 cm (11 5/8 x 18 7/8 in.)
lantern, 94cm without smoke stack: 111.8 cm (44 in.)
lantern: 29.5 x 48 cm (11 5/8 x 18 7/8 in.)
Material
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DescriptionWooden lantern with tin roof and chimney. Four doors open on one side. Interior is black. Projection lens in brass optical tube. Wooden slide holder. Originally burned whale oil.
English style but in crude colonial workmanship.
English style but in crude colonial workmanship.
In Collection(s)
Signedunsigned
Historical AttributesThis instrument was a gift to Harvard College after the fire of 1764 by Robert Hale of Beverly. Hale may have been the original maker. The apparatus was repaired and improved by John Prince, Salem MA, in 1794. Prince added the chimney.
French
Date: circa 1800
Accessories: box of 65 slides [whereabouts unknown]
Object number: 1997-1-0005
Lerebours et Secretan
Date: 1845-1855
Accessories: carrying case; slide holders (2); brass lens cap
Object number: WJ0119
John Carbutt
Date: c. 1890
Accessories: oil lamp, tag, folded piece of paper inside oil lamp (see provenance)
Object number: 1998-1-1696
Théodore and Albert Duboscq
Date: 1880-1890
Accessories: small metal piece
Object number: 1998-1-1635
Louis Jules Duboscq
Date: 1860-1879, 1882-1885
Accessories: 2nd mirror; 2nd brass cover for mirror mount hole; 2nd face plate with twin lenses (originally found with 1998-1-1635 which it did not fit. Jan 2008).
Object number: 1997-1-1469a,b
