The Banham Family Magic Lantern Collection

'Girl swinging from tree' Newton & Co., London (6 1/2 x 4 x 3/8 inches), single lever

'Chinese man juggling knives' [arms move, knives appear and disappear] Maker unknown, probably French (21 x 10 x 0.9 inches), single lever

'Man with changing face' [chin extends and shrinks] Abraham & Co., Liverpool (7 x 4 x 3/8 inches), single lever

'Two lawyers making man skip' [skipping rope moves] Maker unknown (6 7/8 x 4 x 1/2 inches), single lever

'Native people dancing round fire' [dancing figures oscillate] Maker unknown (7 x 4 3/8 x 5/8 inches), single lever

'Cow drinking from pond' [head and neck move up and down] Maker unknown (7 x 4 x 1/2 inches), single lever

'Jolly Boat' [boat rocks from side to side] Maker unknown (7 x 4 3/8 x 3/8 inches), single lever

'Juggler' [arms move, knives appear and disappear] Horne & Thornthwaite, London (8 1/2 x 3 3/4 x 3/8 inches), single lever

'Man raising lantern on pole' [figure moves up and down] Maker unknown (6 1/2 x 3 7/8 x 3/8 inches), single lever

'Man skipping' [rope appears and disappears above and below figure] Maker unknown (7 x 4 3/8 x 1/2 inches), single lever

'Sailor skipping' [rope appears and disappears above and below figure] Maker unknown (6 3/4 x 4 1/4 x 1/2 inches), single lever

'Ship rocking from side to side' Maker unknown (6 1/2 x 3 7/8 x 3/8 inches), single lever

'Fairy Grotto effect' [whole image moves slightly up and down] Maker unknown (6 7/8 x 4 1/8 x 3/4 inches), single lever

'Sailor raises and lowers telescope' Maker unknown; 7 x 4⅜ x ⅜ inches

'Man casting fishing rod' Maker unknown; 7 x 4½ x ⅜ inches

'Man attacked by large snake'Maker unknown; 10¼ x 4¼ x ½ inches

Pivoted-lever slide - 'Demon with changing bottles' Desch, Paris; 21.5 x 11 x 1cm signed and dated 'Desch 1859'

Pivoted-lever slide - 'Fairy scattering star dust' Maker unknown; 21.5 x 10.5 x 1cm

Pull-lever slide with hidden mechanism - 'Man and pig's heads change places' Carpenter & Westley, London; 6¾ x 3¾ x ⅜ inches

'Cobbler' [arm and hammer move up and down] (6 7/8 x 3 7/8 x 3/8 inches), single lever

'Black Nurse' [upper body and baby move] (6 7/8 x 3 7/8 x 3/8 inches), single lever

'Black Nurse' [upper body and baby move] (6 7/8 x 3 3/4 x 3/8 inches), single lever

'Shoeblack' [arm and brush move side to side] (6 7/8 x 3 7/8 x 3/8 inches), single lever

'Horse' [neck and head move up and down] (6 7/8 x 3 7/8 x 3/8 inches), single lever

'Taking a Dip' [both bodies move up and down] (6 7/8 x 3 3/4 x 3/8 inches), single lever

'Man raises hat to lady' [arm and hat move independently of each other] (6 7/8 x 3 3/4 x 3/8 inches), double lever

A group of four long slides. Single hand-painted long slides with panoramic or sequential images, wood-framed in various different configurations....

'Panorama of coastline' Maker unknown (11 1/8 x 4 1/4 x 5/8 inches) 'Panorama of coastline' Maker unknown (11 1/4 x 4 1/2 x 5/8 inches) (2)

'Six marching policemen' Maker unknown (14 3/4 x 3 7/8 x 1/4 inches)

'Boarding a man o' war / Cockney Foxhunter / Good Shilling's Worth' Maker unknown (15 1/4 x 4 3/8 x 1/4 inches)

'Row of eleven faces' Maker unknown (8 7/8 x 3 3/4 x 3/8 inches)

'Woman with changing facial expressions' [eleven different expressions] Maker unknown (14 1/4 x 4 x 1/2 inches), single slip

'The Great Sea Serpent' Maker unknown (14 1/4 x 4 x 1/4 inches)

'Four comic faces' [eyes move side to side] Maker unknown (15 x 4 x 3/8 inches), single slip

'Gog and Magog' Maker unknown (14 x 3 5/8 x 3/8 inches) *Notes- This slide is a comical representation of the procession of King George IV.

Five comic panoramic long slides, comprising, 'A group of people chasing pig' Maker unknown (13 1/4 x 4 x 1/4 inches) 'Hobby Horse procession' Mak...

Five comic panoramic long slides, comprising 'Group of people chasing dog' Maker unknown (15 1/8 x 4 x 1/4 inches) 'British sailors mistreating ...

Five comic panoramic long slides, comprising 'Runaway horses and carts' Maker unknown (17 7/8 x 4 x 1/4 inches) 'Dancing animals and people' Mak...

Five comic panoramic long slides, comprising 'People on horseback hunting stag' Maker unknown (18 3/4 x 3 7/8 x 1/4 inches) 'Procession or race ...

'Hammersmith Suspension Bridge' [succession of boats pass across image] Maker unknown (17 x 4 x 3/8 inches), single panoramic slip

Slide 11, 'Birds' Maker unknown (14 x 4 x 1/4 inches)

'Ships and storm at sea' Maker unknown (17 1/8 x 4 x 1/4 inches)

'York Minster' [succession of silhouette figures pass across foreground] Maker unknown (17 1/8 x 4 x 3/8 inches), single panoramic slip

'Evening Scene in Kew Gardens' [succession of figures and boats pass across landscape] Maker unknown (15 1/8 x 4 x 3/8 inches), single panoramic s...

Three comic panoramic long slides, comprising 'Men dining with animals in costume' Maker unknown (17 x 3 7/8 x 1/4 inches) 'Four grimacing faces'...

Five comic panoramic long slides, comprising 'Procession of people of various occupations' Maker unknown (16 5/8 x 4 5/8 x 1/4 inches) 'Group of...

Six comic panoramic long slides, comprising 'Comic figures' Maker unknown (16 5/8 x 4 5/8 x 3/8 inches) 'Manning the Navy' Maker unknown (18 5/8...

Three comic panoramic long slides, comprising 'Rural merrymaking' Maker unknown (17 x 3 7/8 x 1/4 inches) 'Witches and goblins' Maker unknown (1...

'Discovery of North Pole and what they did with it' Maker unknown (14 1/4 x 3 7/8 x 1/4 inches)

'People skating on frozen pond' Maker unknown (13 7/8 x 4 x 1/4 inches)

'People skating on frozen pond' Maker unknown (15 1/4 x 4 x 3/8 inches) *Notes- A comical representation of the Thames Frost Fairs.

'People skating on frozen pond' Maker unknown (14 x 4 5/8 x 1/2 inches), long single panoramic slip

'Three angels' Maker unknown (27.5 x 8.3 x 0.3cm) together with a mechanical carrier for long slides (Modern working reproduction, based on origin...

French silhouette long slides Group of 16 slides from various sets. Double glass sheets with paper edge binding strips Maker unknown, dimensions a...

'Dissolving views' The Orphan's Dream (C. Baker, London; 2 slides, 6 1/2 x 4 x 3/8 inches) [boy sleeping], [angel appears]

'Shipwreck survivors on raft' Carpenter & Westley, London; 2 slides, (6 7/8 x 3 3/4 x 3/8 inches)

'Storm in bay' W.R. Hill & Son, London; 2 slides, (7 x 4 x 3/8 inches)

'The Seasons' W.C. Hughes, London; 2 slides,( 7 x 4 3/8 x 3/8 inches)

'A Village Scene: Effect Set C' Bamforth, Holmfirth; 3 slides, (7 x 4 x 3/8 inches)

'Taj Mahal' Noakes & Son, Greenwich; 3 slides,(7 x 4 x 3/8 inches)