Italian Manuscript

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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Jans Josef Horemans (1682-1759)

Watercolor

Holland

c. 1730

8" x 10 1/2"

An interesting painting by the Dutch painter and very similar to the painting by the French painter Jacques de Lyon done at the same time. The biggest difference is the rendering of the mouth. Did Horemans make his own interpretation of de Lyon's work?

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L'Orgue de Barbarie and La Lanterne Magique

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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La Lanterne Magique

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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Gouche, paint and textiles

France

c. 1770

8" x 11"

1207/1208

Magic Lantern Study

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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The City of Nashoba as Shown in New York

Watercolor

c.1826

11 1/4" x 6 1/4"

An intriguing image showing the short-lived utopian community of Nashoba. Established in 1826 in Tennessee this was to be a community where whites and free blacks could live and work together. This may have been a scene of a fund raiser for the community. Nashoba did not last past 1830.

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