The Magic Lantern plates of Henry Morton Stanley

Exhibitions Arts Cultures-Les plaques de lanterne magique de Henry Morton Stanley

Among the memories given in 1954 by Denzil, in the same time of his p & eagve; For projection lantern. This one is now part of the Henry M. Stanley collection of the Royal Music of Central Africa.

the use of glass plates to project images is a proxy Ancient who, at the 19th century, passed from the field of r & éacute; ation & agrave; that of the public. A glass plaque for projection lantern is composed of two thin glass layers between which an illustration is enclosed. At the origin, we applied & agrave; The hand of fine layers of paint on the plates. Subsequently, Gr & Acirc; The use of a more powerful light source, we could show photographs, and M & Ecirci; me, in the case of Stanley plates, reproductions of engravings or photographs which were projecting Leaving for a lantern & eacute; eacute; "& nbsp;

to support the sale of its publications, Stanley gave a systemically confoate not only to the social. During the international tourisms Always very much to be, they are the back, in the years 1890, of Great Britain & agrave; The Australia and New Zacute; through all the United States. & nbsp;

The projection plates, used during these confoate, as we would now with slides or d & rsquo; Power Point & Raquo ;, of Stanley & agrave; Use its very diatote; The project illustrations should not only attract the attention of the audience and underline the words of the traveler, but also satisfy the thirst of the public for a palpable exoticism. We find there all the expiration of Stanley, of the research of Livingstone in 1871-1872, to the rescue of Emin Pacha in 1887-1890. Targeting & laquo; Traveler in armchair & raquo;, the iconographic pri & eacute; The propaganda of the colonial trophies and to the general public of the poque. & nbsp;

because of their fragile & eacute; And their design, such sets of plates have rarely reached us. These plates, in the general public of the 19th century, if it is clearly the passage & agrave; The fifth and tra & ccedil; They are so as a prosecutor.

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  • Category

    Exhibitions Arts Cultures
  • Start date

    Wednesday 10 Aug 2022 à 11:00
  • End date

    Saturday 05 Aug 2023 à 17:00
  • Address

    Musée royal de l'Afrique centrale, Leuvensesteenweg, 13, 3080, Tervuren, Belgique

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Exhibitions Arts Cultures-The Magic Lantern plates of Henry Morton Stanley