Summary
Set of seventeen 'life model' magic lantern slides which was used in telling the story of "Gabriel Grub; or the Story of the Goblins who Stole a Sexton" using a magic lantern projector. A booklet accompanies the set of slides. Incomplete set of slides.
The story was based on a chapter of Charles Dickens' "Pickwick Papers", originally published in serialised form between March 1836 and October 1837.
Description of Content
Image of a man sitting near grave stones in a cemetery. The man holds a shovel and is drinking from a clay bottle.
Physical Description
Colour glass lantern slide.
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Acquisition Information
Loan & Subsequent Donation from Australian Film Institute (AFI), Mr David Francis, by Nov 1990
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Producer
Bamforth & Co., Station Road, Holmfirth, West Yorkshire, England, Great Britain, 1850s-1890s
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Collector
Mr David Francis, London, Middlesex, England, Great Britain, 1991
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Format
Lantern Slide, Standard (3¼ in. x 3¼ in.), Hand Coloured
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Inscriptions
Text, sticker on slide: Gabriel Grub. Text, top edge of slide: He sat himself down on a flat tombstone.
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Overall Dimensions
82 mm (Width), 82 mm (Height)
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References
[Book] Robinson, David, et al. 2001. Encyclopaedia of the Magic Lantern., 2001, 26-27, 172 Pages
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