Magic lantern slipping slide (Le nez d'arlequin - the harlequin's nose)

Paris/France, c. 1870

Object
Photograph by Egmont Contreras, ACMI

Hand painted magic lantern slipping slide ‘Le Nez d’Arlequin’ -‘ The Harlequin’s Nose’ or ‘Punch with Long Nose’ with wooden frame. Manufactured by E.Mazo, Paris. By moving the slipping slide, a harlequin’s nose grows longer and three small children appear on the tip. The words ‘Punch’s Long Nose’ is etched vertically in to the glass plate.

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Collection

In ACMI's collection

Previously on display

23 June 2023

ACMI: Gallery 1

Credits

creator

Maker not documented

Production places
Paris/France
Production dates
c. 1870

Appears in

Group of items

Mechanical magic lantern slides

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

AEO179654

Curatorial section

The Story of the Moving Image → Moving Pictures → MI-02. Play and Illusion → MI-02-C01 → Panel B8

Measurements

101 x 179 x 7mm

Object Types

3D Object

Glass slide/Pictorial

Materials

wood, glass, ink, metal

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