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Marginal phenomena Books Museums, exhibitions, magic lantern shows etc. Various |
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Marginal phenomena All sorts of objects that are somehow related to the magic lantern. Colourful labels Usually magic lanterns were sold in solid cardboard boxes or in wooden cases. On top of the box often a colourful label was glued. Many of those labels are a real work of art. Magic Lantern Picture Postcards  Before the widespread use of the telephone and e-mail the PICTURE POSTCARD was
a quick and cheap method of communication.
This page shows some nice picture postcards on the subject of 'the magic lantern'.
Trade cards and the magic lanternVictorian trade cards are 19th-century promotional ads for various products and services. Some of those mostly beautiful coloured cards depict a magic lantern. Between art and knick-knack  Useful and decorative objects,
the valuable to the worthless, the wonderful to the hideous, but always with a connection to
the magic lantern.Prints Paintings, pictures from books, engravings, drawings, and other images depicting the magic lantern. |
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Books Old magic lantern books Books and booklets filled with interesting historical illustrations and descriptions on the construction and use of the magic lantern. Magic Lantern Catalogues A lot of catalogues on magic lanterns and accessories, lenses, illuminants, projection screens, reading lights, and much more. Comic strips  Robert en Bertrand - De ToverlantaarnTwo rascals witness a brutal hold up of a coach. One of the occupants is an itinerant lanternist.  Suske
en Wiske - De Stoute Steenezel The famous comic-strip characters Suske en Wiske have the most exciting adventures. An antique magic lantern has the key role. Children's books An interesting collection of children's books with the magic lantern in the leading part. Special: Magic Lantern Alphabet of Animals - Raphael Tuck A fabulous vintage children's book that gives a nice presentation of the alphabet using images projected by a magic lantern. The monkey displaying the magic lantern  The French fable poet Jean-Pierre Claris de Florian wrote a fable about
a remarkable magic lantern show: Le Singe qui montre la Lanterne Magique.
The Great Theatre of Folly The Dutch book 'Het Groote Tafereel der Dwaasheid' [The Great Theatre of Folly] was published in Amsterdam, 1720. One of the most interesting engravings is the 'Actieuse NACHT-WIND-Zanger met zijn Tover Slons', which is 18th century Dutch for 'Night-wind singer with his Magic Lantern in action'. |
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Museums, exhibitions, magic lantern shows etc. The
Laterna Magica in the 'Stedhûs Sleat Museum'In the small Frisian town of Sloten (the Netherlands) we find the famous collection of Peter Bonnet, one of the largest and most beautiful magic lantern collections in the Netherlands.  Lanternists of to-day
Annet Duller and Wim Bos still draw a good crowd with their (almost) authentic performances. Diascoop blows the dust off the magic lantern Whereas most modern lanternists try to imitate the performances of ages ago, the Dutch artists collective DIASCOOP creates a brand new art form, using an age-old medium. The magic lantern in 2000. Een wonderbaarlyke Tentoonstelling van Echte Tooverlantaarns en andere Optische Vermaakelykheden A photo-impression of the exhibition of magic lanterns by 'de Luikerwaal' in the Public Library of Huizen, September 1999.  
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OpticaIn 1996/97 there was an exhibition in museum Boerhaave in Leiden, the Netherlands. Have a look at their site from those days. |
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Various What's the fun of a magic lantern? A collector tells you how he ever came to start collecting magic lanterns. Anton Pieck and the magic lantern The famous Dutch artist Anton Pieck, painter of the 'good old days', only once pictured a magic lantern. Why?  Such a silly thing from,
er....... 1879An amusing magic lantern story for children of all ages. How to Raise a Ghost You think that ghosts don't exist. Perhaps you're right, but with a little help of the magic lantern......... |
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Items marked by a are currently only available in Dutch.
Nevertheless they may be interesting for you, if only because of the pictures.
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