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Object Type
print
Museum number
1929,0608.14
Title
Object:
La Lanterne Magique
Description
Dark room with man on the right projecting the picture of a woman tormented by demons on the opposite wall, with a magic lantern; in front of him, standing in the light, a woman and two children, with one of them frightened, raising her arms Engraving
Producer name
Print made by:
Jean Ouvrier
After:
Johann Eleazar Schenau
Published by:
Jean Ouvrier
School/style
French
German
Production date
1755-1784
Production place
Published in:
Paris (France)
Materials
paper
Technique
engraving
Dimensions
Height:
484 millimetres
Width:
349 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
A pair to 1929-6-8-15; duplicate to 1876-7-13-1238.
Location
Not on display
Subjects
projection
devil/demon
Acquisition name
Donated by:
Walter Samuel, 2nd Viscount Bearsted
Previous owner
Previous owner/ex-collection:
Julius Model
(sale Boerner 13/5.v.1929/773, M 140 with its pair)
Acquisition date
1929
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1929,0608.14