Summary
Set of sixteen magic lantern slides used in telling the story of Jane Conquest using a magic lantern projector. A booklet accompanies the set of slides. Incomplete set.
Description of Content
'Jane Conquest' is a melodrama. Image of a woman and a sailor kneeling over a baby who lies in a crib on the floor. Another man stands next to the sailor. An angel is above the woman.
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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Creator
Dr Croft - Royal Polytechnic Institution of London, London, England, Great Britain, 1850s-1890s
Dr Croft rewrote and adapted the poem by James Milne, inventing and producing various effects for the stage and lantern presentation. -
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Format
Lantern Slide, Standard (3¼ in. x 3¼ in.), Hand Coloured
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Inscriptions
Text, on slide: Jane Conquest.
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Overall Dimensions
82 mm (Width), 82 mm (Height)
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