Magic lantern - A visit to circus 'Luikerwalo'.


LADIES AND GENTLEMEN!!! A VISIT TO CIRCUS 'LUIKERWALO'
		An early hand painted moving slide of a clown. Watch his eyes while he is watching you!. The slide is mounted in a 7" x 4" (18 x 10 cm) hard wood frame. There is a remarkable resemblance with Whimsical Walker, the great English clown (left).

	All the mechanical slides on this page are single slipping slides. Two glasses are mounted in a wood frame, one of which is fixed and the other one, the 'slipping glass', is free to move across it in a lateral direction. The action is produced by sliding the slipping glass in front of the other, thus alternately masking of one and then another part of the subject (that's what makes the elephant babe under here jump). The subject may also be represented partly on the fixed glass and partly on the slipping glass (that's how the eyes of the clown above can be moved to and fro). All right now, that's enough technical know-how... LET'S GO TO THE CIRCUS!!!
BARNUM CIRCUS COMES TO TOWN! Glass photographic slide of an early P. T. Barnum Circus Parade ("The Greatest Show on Earth"). Slide is 3 1/4" (8.2 cm) square; with cover glass.
A live circus band, heavy on the brass, plays lively music, including traditional marches from John Phillip Sousa: Tataratatatatada tada tatatataratatata tada...... (Use your imagination!)

Critics of the circus say that animals do not enjoy performing. What about our Elephant Juliet, having a great time with her babe Coco? A hand painted single slipping magic lantern slide manufactured in England in the late 19th century. 7" x 4" (18 cm x 10 cm).


In come the clowns with their comic wrestling act. 4 slides with clowns.


With apparently effortless ease Mr Rastalli juggles the balls in the air. Hand painted slipping slide, 17.5 x 10 cm.		While his stoic face does not show any emotion, our acrobat Heinz Sandwich Spread performs his sensational trick with the chairs. Hand painted slipping slide, 17.5 x 10 cm.

Hand painted nineteenth century English magic lantern slipping slide. 7" x 4" (18 cm x 10 cm).			Our world-famous lion tamer Mr. Simson makes the lion jump through the hoop!!! Alas, it's their only trick. The story goes that the lion doesn't dare to put his head in Mr. Simson's mouth.
Here are the clowns again with their sensational performing horse and geese act!! Glass strip slides, decalcomania.
Their turns astonish all who watch them: Our two spectacular acrobatic performers, one balancing a huge ball on his feet, the other kicking a ball to the top of his nose. This British slipping slides measure 7 by 4 inches. They are hand painted.	Can you beat that?
			We proudly present Mr. Ricketts, the Equestrian Hero! While standing up on the back of his horse he will leap over a ribbon held no less than twelve feet from the ground! Hand painted single slipping slide, England c.1890; 7" x 4" (18 cm x 10 cm).
	While the artists show their amazing tricks in the ring, the son of one of our jugglers is practicing at the back of the circus tent, using his toys. Slipping slide in a metal frame.
Much more artists show their tricks.
		It is PAUSE now ! After the pause.........