Person: CARPENTER, Philip (1776-1833)

Person summary

Biographical summary of this person

Full name

Philip CARPENTER

Gender

male

Relevance of this person

proprietor of slide manufacturing and supply business

Main period of activity

N/A

Relationships to other people

brother of CARPENTER, Miss Mary (c.1788-1877)

Chronology

Date

Age

Event/activity

18 November 1776

born at

Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England

1808-1833

~31

owner

Philip Carpenter

1826-1833

resident

24 Regent Street, London SW1, England

30 April 1833

died at

London, England

References

David Robinson, Stephen Herbert and Richard Crangle (editors), Encyclopaedia of the magic lantern (London: Magic Lantern Society, 2001), pp. 56-57

John Barnes, ‘The Barnes Museum: catalogue excerpts’ in NMLJ 1.2 (February 1979), pp. 4-5

David Henry, ‘Carpenter & Westley: opticians’ in NMLJ 3.1 (February 1984), pp. 8-9

Hermann Hecht, ‘Decalcomania: some preliminary investigations into the history of transfer slides’ in NMLJ 1.3 (March 1980), p. 3

Lucerna ID 6002447

Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 9 August 2014

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Person: CARPENTER, Philip (1776-1833)