Anon.

Pen and ink

Italy

c. 1690

4 1/2" x 6 1/2"

An unsigned manuscript  of 169 pages(B110). It includes many illustrations, of optical devices including peepshows, and a magic lantern.

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Bouchardon

Engraving

France

1737

7 1/2" x 9 1/2" (each)

Two plates from Etudes prises dans le bas peuple ou les cris de Paris(B82) ,Paris, 1737

The most well know illustration of a woman lanternist from the 18th. century.

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Anon.

Pen & ink

France

c. 1737

6 3/8" x 9 3/8"

A pair of drawings very similar to Bouchardon's prints of a female lanternist.

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Anon

Gouche, paint and textiles

France

c. 1770

8" x 11"

1207/1208

Nicholas Muys(1740-1808)

Black and red chalkRotterdam, Holland

Rotterdam, Holland

c. 1780

7 1/2" x 10 1/2"

 Study of a man with a violin and and a magic lantern on his back.

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E. Cowley

Pencil with watercolor wash

France

c. 1870

5 1/4 x 7 1/4"

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Joseph Boggs Beale

Gouche

America

c. 1890

A painting by America's foremost lantern artist with the lantern slide based on it.

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