Catalogue des appareils cinématographiques de la Cinémathèque française et du CNC

Type de l'appareil

boîte en bois (2) vernis contenant un objectif en laiton vernis pour projection kaléidoscopique se vissant à l'avant d'un objectif de lanterne de projection

Auteurs

Brewster David
Londres

Fabricants

Carpenter & Westley
Londres, 24 Regent Street

Utilisateurs

Brewster David
Londres

Distributeurs

Informations non disponibles

Sujet du modèle

Informations non disponibles

Objectif

objectif 5 cm diamètre contenant lentilles et prisme

Taille de l'objet

Ouvert :
Longueur : 15.5 cm
Largeur : 6.5 cm
Hauteur : 6.5 cm

Fermé :
Longueur : 15.5 cm
Largeur : 6.5 cm
Hauteur : 6.5 cm

Diamètre :
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Taille de la boîte de transport

Longueur : 9.5 cm
Largeur : 18.5 cm
Hauteur : 9.5 cm

Remarques

Collection Will Day : "15. A projecting kaleidoscope, made for Sir David Brewster, the inventor, by Carpenter & Westley, in case complete" (Illustrated Catalogue of the Will Day Historical Collection of Cinematograph and Moving Picture Equipment, London, s.d., [1934], p. 10).

"Philip Carpenter was perhaps the most important person in the history of the magic lantern during the 19th century [...]. He was born at Kidderminster on 18 November, 1776, the son of George and Mary Carpenter. In 1815 he is listed in the trade directories as an optician, with a house and manufactory in Bath Row, Birmingham. Later, he also had a retail shop at 111 New Street. His first claim to fame is as the manufacturer of David Brewster's Kaleidoscope in 1819. [...] It was whilst in Birmingham that he also designed a new and more practical form of magic lantern which he proceeded to supply with a series of slides made by a new copper-plate process, which ensured a greater accuracy in the delineation of the pictures and provided the means for producing them in large quantities. He was thus instrumental in raising the status of the magic lantern from a mere optical novelty or toy, to that of a scientific instrument which could be used for educational instruction as well as amusement. The availability of a pratical projector with a regular supply of superior slides also opened the way for the boom in lantern projection which took place in the last half of the 19th century. [...] With the introduction of the new Phantasmagoria Lantern in about 1821, Carpenter issued the first of his slides made by the new process. These consisted of a set of 18 slides on natural history, as well as some others for which we have no particulars. [...] The success accorded Carpenter's Phantasmagoria Lantern and Copper-plate Sliders must have been the determining factor that induced him to leave Birmingham for London. In July 1826 he removed to 24 Regent Street, on the corner of Jermyn Street. In the meantime, the Birmingham business in New Street was continued till 1837, when it was transferred to a Mr. R. Field. Philip Carpenter died at Regent Street on 30 April, 1833, but the business was continued by his sister Mary, in partnership with William Westley. Mary too was a remarkable person and carried on the business for a number of years" (John Barnes, " Philip Carpenter 1776-1833", The New Magic Lantern Journal, Vol.3, n° 2, décembre 1984, p. 8-9).

Bibliographie

Illustrated Catalogue of the Will Day Historical Collection of Cinematograph and Moving Picture Equipment, London, s.d., [1934], p. 10.