#Magic Lantern

[amatesura]

Magic lantern slides (ca.1700 - ca.1830)

[adventuresofalgy]

Gesundheit!

After saying a fond farewell to the mighty oak tree, Algy set off in high spirits, with his magic lantern in his beak, to pursue his quest for the light and warmth which he felt sure could be found somewhere in the heart of the winter darkness.

At first the low November sun continued to shine, but as he rose higher in the sky he noticed that the air on his wings had an icy chill, and he had not travelled all that far before the weather took an increasingly ominous turn, with a brisk wind from the north carrying massive black clouds rapidly towards him.

Deeming it prudent to interrupt his flight and seek shelter, Algy dropped quickly down to the ground as a wave of sleet and snow swept over the sky, blotting out the sun. He made a comfortably soft landing on a patch of long, wet grass, but it had already accumulated a sprinkling of snow with an icy crust, and before long the unaccustomed chill to his tail feathers had an unfortunately predictable effect…

However, although he believed it to be a Wednesday, he doubted whether he could expect any letters, as he had not seen a post bird for quite some time…

If you sneeze on Monday, you sneeze for danger; Sneeze on a Tuesday, kiss a stranger; Sneeze on a Wednesday, sneeze for a letter; Sneeze on a Thursday, something better. Sneeze on a Friday, sneeze for sorrow; Sneeze on a Saturday, joy to-morrow.

[Algy is thinking of a Mother Goose nursery rhyme.]

With special thanks to Algy's friend @wouldwind for inspiration 😉

[diana-andraste]

Étienne-Gaspard Robert's (also known as Robertson) phantasmagoria, Paris, 1797 and frontispiece for his Mémoires récréatifs

Below is a detail from his gravesite.

[clove-pinks]

The Banham Family Magic Lantern Collection. From the auction description:

Of Franklin Expedition and Polar Interest. Thirty-two slides in original box, probably assembled from several sets on Arctic expeditions including those led by Parry and the 'Franklin search'. Single hand-painted glass slides in wooden frames 6 7/8 x 3 3/4 x 3/8 inches.

There are dozens of images, and I recognise some of them from classic polar exploration books like Voyage of the 'Fox' and Parry's narratives. Otherworldly, glowing colours bring the scenes to life.

'Moonlight in the Arctic Regions', 'Parry's First Meeting with the [Inuit]', 'A Magnetic Observatory', ships overwintering, and 'Funeral On The Ice' for an unnamed British subject.

[thedrawingduke]

I barely made it in time but UPDATE! I can’t believe I made it this far. I’ve been aching to get to Rosy Hours for so long it’s a little concerning.

Also I gave Raoul some pants.

@ thedrawingduke on Instagram + Bluesky

[leelatz]

[aohydrangeas]

「Through the gaps of the skyscrapers, Sora saw both the beautiful sun that everyone loved, and the darkness that nobody noticed. But, it... it was lonely.」

[shihlun]

"Countyard of a Temple Sungkiang", ca. 1920.

[raurquiz]

#happybirthday @robertbeltran74 #robertbeltran #actor #chakotay #startrek #voyager #startrekprodigy #nixon #nightofthecornet #lonewolfmcquade #renegades #csimiami #murdershewrote #biglove #Shadowhunter #TakingChances #MagicLantern #thecircuit #startrek58 @TrekMovie @TrekCore

[the-monkey-ruler]

Magic Lantern (2015) Волшебный фонарь

Director: Roman Tramvay Screenwriter: Vadim Volya / Svetlana Malashina / Olga-Maria Tumakova Genre: Anation / Children / Fantasy Country/Region of Production: Russia Language: Russian Date: 2015 Number of Seasons: 1 Number of episodes: 104 Single episode length: 5 minutes Type: Crossover

Summary:

The cartoon series' heroine, seven-year-old Katya, retells the works of great authors to her five-year-old brother. Among them: Jules Verne, Robert Louis Stevenson, Arthur Conan Doyle, Jonathan Swift, Daniel Defoe, Herbert Wells, Jack London, Edgar Allan Poe, Cervantes, Alexandre Dumas, Lewis Carroll. The stories told by the heroine are adapted for the youngest viewers, and the images on the screen replace each other, as when watching filmstrips.

Source: https://www.kinopoisk.ru/series/983092/?utm_referrer=www.tumblr.com

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpcuGrIda9A

[fruitkingfrog]

[ID: Six chibi drawings of DC Comics characters. Sunshine Superman, Prez Rickard, Magic Lantern, Speed Freak, Shooting Star, and Brother Power. They're all smiling save for Shooting Star, and each has a small background design behind them. Yellow + blue sun pattern, US flag, green squiggles, Red & yellow lightning bolt, yellow shooting star, and rainbow flowers. End ID]

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[adventuresofalgy]

The days were so very short now that by the time Algy had finished serenading the magnificent oak tree the light was failing again. But as the sky darkened a bright moon appeared, for the first time in weeks, sometimes shimmering hesitantly behind the clouds, surrounded by a soft, rainbow-coloured ring, and sometimes emerging boldly into a clear patch of sky to illuminate the edge of the woodland with a silvery-blue phosphorescence that seemed almost as magical to Algy as his remarkable pumpkin lantern.

Curling up on a dry bed of fallen leaves and twigs between the massive oak's three great trunks – which had apparently been created to be exactly the right size to accommodate a weary fluffy bird – Algy held his magic lantern close and soon began to doze.

And as he fell asleep, Algy was sure that he could hear the mighty oak singing a beautiful lullaby to him, perhaps in return for his own song earlier that day; it was his favourite of all lullabies, and the great oak tree's voice was surprisingly similar to that of Hermann Prey, although it sang very much more softly…

[schibborasso]

the magic lantern

[chronivore]

MAGIC LANTERN IN A CANE, Ca.1880's.

The top of this walking stick contains a miniature working ‘Magic Lantern.’

[clove-pinks]

The Magic Lantern by Auguste Edouart ca. 1835, made with cut paper and ink wash.

Description by the Met Museum:

One of the most proficient silhouette artists of the nineteenth century, Auguste Edouart discovered his skill at paper cutting only after resigning his post in Napoleon's defeated army and moving to England. He delighted in showing off his abilities by representing a range of ages and social types, as in this complex composition featuring three generations of one family, together with their servants and pet dog. A "Galantee" showman performs a magic lantern show-in which images painted on glass are projected onto a screen through an illuminated lens-while an old man with a wooden leg provides musical accompaniment on a barrel organ. The cut figures are set within an elaborate curtained interior painted in sepia.

Although the figures are silhouettes, they are unmistakably Romantic.

[transguygardner]

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