Overland Route To India, 6 Fine Hand Painted Magic Lantern Slides
English, mid 19th Century, unsigned, the Overland Route to India, 6 slides from a set of at least nine, probably twelve, very fine hand-painted glass slides in wooden frames 11.5cm x 18cm. each slide with hand written description as follows: Slide 2, Gibraltar. Slide 3, Malta. Slide 4, City of Cairo. Slide 7, The River Nile. Slide 8, Pyramids of Ghizeh, Egypt. Slide 9, Aden Note: from reasearch done by the vendor these slides are thought to be from David Robers, 1796-1864, Victorian Traveller and Artist, It is possible that these slides were painted by Roberts and projected at the Royal Polytechnic Institute Regents Street.
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English, mid 19th Century, unsigned, the Overland Route to India, 6 slides from a set of at least nine, probably twelve, very fine hand-painted glass slides in wooden frames 11.5cm x 18cm. each slide with hand written description as follows: Slide 2, Gibraltar. Slide 3, Malta. Slide 4, City of Cairo. Slide 7, The River Nile. Slide 8, Pyramids of Ghizeh, Egypt. Slide 9, Aden Note: from reasearch done by the vendor these slides are thought to be from David Robers, 1796-1864, Victorian Traveller and Artist, It is possible that these slides were painted by Roberts and projected at the Royal Polytechnic Institute Regents Street.
