The Banham Family Magic Lantern Collection

Chromatrope or Artificial Fireworks (9 7/8 x 3 3/4 x 1/2 inches)

Chromatrope or Artificial Fireworks (9 7/8 x 3 5/8 x 1/2 inches)

Chromatrope or Artificial Fireworks (9 7/8 x 3 7/8 x 1/2 inches)

Chromatrope or Artificial Fireworks (9 7/8 x 3 3/4 x 1/2 inches)

'Welcome' chromatrope Maker unknown (11 1/4 x 4 x 1/2 inches)

Chromatrope Maker unknown; 7 x 4½ x ½ inches

Chromatrope Maker unknown; 6⅞ x 3⅞ x ½ inches

Chromatrope Maker unknown (7 x 4 1/2 x 1/2 inches)

Chromatrope Maker unknown (7 x 4 x 1/2 inches)

Chromatrope Maker unknown (7 x 4 x 1/2 inches)

Chromatrope Cox, 26 Ludgate Hill, London (7 x 4 x 1/2 inches)

Chromatrope Maker unknown (7 x 4 1/4 x 1/2 inches)

WITHDRAWN LOT Chromatrope, numbered 11Maker unknown (6 1/2 x 4 x 1/2 inches)

Chromatrope Maker unknown (7 x 4 1/2 x 1/2 inches)

Chromatrope Maker Henry S. Cropper, Nottingham. (7 x 4 1/2 x 1/2 inches)

Chromatrope Maker unknown (6 1/2 x 4 x 1/2 inches)

Chromatrope Maker Newton & Co, 3 Fleet Street (6 1/2 x 4 x 1/2 inches)

Chromatrope J.B. Medland, London (7 x 4 3/8 x 1/2 inches)

Chromatrope Maker unknown (7 x 4 3/8 x 1/2 inches)

Chromatrope Newton & Co., London (6 1/2 x 4 x 1/2 inches)

Chromatrope Newton & Co., London (6 1/2 x 4 x 1/2 inches)

Chromatrope set with interchangeable inserts Single chromatrope with 10 interchangeable insert pictures. Double-pulley chromatrope body (9 1/2 x 4...

'View through the porthole' [panoramic scene passes small circular aperture] Maker unknown (11 x 4 1/2 x 3/8 inches), single slip

'Steam train passing through railway station' [panoramic image passes square aperture] Maker unknown (14 3/4 x 3 7/8 x 1/2 inches), single slip

'Lifeboat rescue' [background moves across, lifeboat rocks in waves] Maker unknown (11 x 4 1/2 x 3/4 inches), rack and cam mechanism enclosed in s...

'Ship leaving harbour' [background moves across image, ship rocks in waves] Maker unknown (11 3/4 x 4 3/8 x 7/8 inches), rack and cam mechanism en...

'Water funeral in Venice' [boats move laterally across image] Stamped H. Lewis, Reading (13 x 4 1/2 x 5/8 inches), image slides through fixed carr...

'Ship leaving harbour' [background moves across image, ship rocks in waves] Maker unknown (12 x 4 3/8 x 7/8 inches), rack and cam mechanism enclos...

'Boats and ships moving on the sea' [one group of ships moves across, two others rock in waves] Maker unknown (10 5/8 x 4 1/2 x 3/4 inches), eccen...

'Clown pulling faces' [hands and facial features move in many combinations] Maker unknown (7 x 4 3/8 x 3/4 inches), multiple slips and levers

Choreutoscope 'Friday and Monkey Dancing' Slide 21A of Robinson Crusoe. maker Steward , circa 1880s (10 5/8 x 4 1/2 x 3/4 inches), intermittent r...

Cycloidotrope [stylus scratches rotary pattern onto smoked glass disc] Maker unknown (11 1/4 x 4 3/8 x 7/8 inches), complex gearing mechanism driv...

'Witches' dance tank slide' Maker unknown (body 6 3/4 x 4 3/8 x 3/4 inches; overall 11 5/8 x 11 3/8 ...

'Magician with changing heads' [Twelve different heads appear in succession] Maker unknown (25 x 11.8 x 1.4cm), intermittent mechanism enclosed in...

'Pantaloon watches Clown in stew pot' [Clown falls into pot, steam appears, Clown rises and falls] Maker unknown (10 3/4 x 4 1/4 x 5/8 inches), si...

'Devil inflates man with bellows' [devil appears, bellows move, stomach expands] Merkelbach, Amsterdam (25 x 12.5 x 1.7cm), double slip with verti...

Ross Wheel of Life [acrobat] Maker unknown (9 1/2 x 4 1/4 x 3/4 inches), rotary pulley mechanism with counter-rotating shutter *Notes- The invent...

Wheel of Life [dancing couple] Maker unknown (10 x 4 1/2 x 3/4 inches), rotary pulley mechanism with counter-rotating shutter.

Ross Wheel of Life [fish and seagull] Maker unknown (8 7/8 x 4 1/4 x 7/8 inches), rotary pulley mechanism with counter-rotating shutter.

Metal silhouette effect slide. 'Monkey acrobats' [bodies and legs move randomly as trapeze rotates] Maker unknown (7 x 4 1/4 x 5/8 inches), single...

'Two men wrestling' [bodies, legs and arms move with feet static] Maker unknown (6 7/8 x 4 3/8 x 5/8 inches), double lever

'Tug of War' [bodies and arms move attached to rope] Maker unknown (7 x 4 x 5/8 inches), double lever

'Shoeshiner and man with wooden leg' [leg and arm move] Maker unknown (6 7/8 x 4 3/8 x 3/4 inches), double lever

'Schoolmaster caning boy' [arm and cane move up and down] Maker unknown (7 x 4 1/8 x 3/4 inches), double lever

'Rocking horse in nursery' [horse pivots on rocker, rider pivots on horse] Maker unknown (7 x 4 1/4 x 5/8 inches), single lever

'Sailor dancing the Hornpipe on stage' [legs and body move randomly] Maker unknown (7 x 4 x 1/2 inches), single lever

Miscellaneous effect slide 'Circus acrobats' Maker unknown (9 3/8 x 4 1/2 x 1/2 inches), double pulley mechanism

'Circus acrobats' Maker unknown (9 3/8 x 4 1/2 x 1/2 inches), double pulley mechanism

'Angel ascending' [angel moves diagonally upwards] Maker unknown (7 x 4 1/2 x 1/2 inches, overall width 11 inches), single diagonal slip

'Small figures move around edge of slide' [comic figures rotate round edge of slide] Maker unknown (7 x 4 1/2 x 1/2 inches), single rack

'John Gilpin chase' [figures rotate round edge of slide] Maker unknown (7 x 4 1/2 x 1/2 inches), single rack

Slide 22, 'Witch with cat riding broomstick' [witch and broomstick move up and down] Maker unknown (7 x 4 3/8 x 5/8 inches), double pivoting glass...

'Devil pushing wheelbarrow loses his head' Maker unknown (19 x 11.5 x 1.1cm), pivoting lever mechanism

A Chemical tank slide Maker unknown (7 x 3 7/8 x 5/8 inches) together with 'Phantoscope' [rotating metal grilles] Maker unknown (7 1/2 x 4 1/4 x 1...

Pair of stage performers' Maker unknown (7 x 3 7/8 x 3/8 inches) together with Six pairs of faces for stage performers Maker unknown (7 x 4 x 1/2...

Kaleidoscope slide [coloured fragments move randomly, projected with kaleidoscopic lens] Maker unknown (7 x 4 x 1/2 inches), single rack *Notes- ...

Kaleidoscope slide [coloured fragments move randomly, projected with kaleidoscopic lens] C. Baker, Holborn, London (6 7/8 x 3 7/8 x 1/2 inches), s...

Colour wheel [rotates to show white] Maker unknown (9 3/8 x 3 7/8 x 1/2 inches), pulley *Notes- The colour wheel is a good example of the way t...

'Snow effect' E.H. Wilkie, London (7 x 4 3/8 x 7/8 inches), roller

'Curtain slide' [blind rises to reveal stage curtain] Maker unknown (7 x 4 1/2 x 3/4 inches), double roller mechanism