MAGIC LANTERN HAND-PAINTED GLASS SINGLE SLIPPING SLIDES
Single Slipping Slides are defined in "Magic Images - The Art of Hand-Painted and Photographic Lantern Slides" as follows: "For imparting movement to the subject, or revealing a different aspect of the subject which was formerly hidden. The action is produced by sliding one glass in front of the other. Two glasses are mounted in a wood frame, one of which is a fixture, and the other free to move across it in a lateral direction. The moveable glass is termed the "slipping glass," and can be pulled partly out of the frame, or pushed into its former position. The changes or movements may be effected by alternately masking off one and then another part of the subject; for example, the subject may be represented in two distinct attitudes or positions which are alternately uncovered by appropriate masking on one or other of the two glasses and partly on the slipping glass; or any combination of the arrangements may be employed."
SS139. Mahogany framed magic lantern hand-painted glass single slipping slide showing a miser counting his money with a man watching through the miser's window.
