Rackwork magic lantern slide

Manufacturer	unknown
Name	[Chromatrope]
Date	1845-1890
Collection	Francesc Junyent
Register	27758

Glass slide for a chromatrope-type magic lantern. This type of glass slide was invented around 1841 by the English painter and lanternist Henry Langdon Childe. It is a combination of two glasses painted with different colours and geometric shapes, which rotate in opposite directions by means of a handle and produce a very evocative and famous chromatic effect at the time, similar to that of a kaleidoscope.

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