Person: BEALE, Joseph Boggs (1841-1926)

Person summary

Biographical summary of this person

Full name

Joseph Boggs BEALE

Gender

male

Relevance of this person

artist whose images were used for lantern slides

Main period of activity

N/A

Chronology

Date

Age

Event/activity

1841

born at

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

1926

~84

died at

Germantown, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

References

David Robinson, Stephen Herbert and Richard Crangle (editors), Encyclopaedia of the magic lantern (London: Magic Lantern Society, 2001), pp. 31-32

Terry Borton and Deborah Borton, Before the movies: American magic-lantern entertainment and the nation's first great screen artist, Joseph Boggs Beale (New Barnet: John Libbey, 2014)

Lucerna ID 6003790

Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 2 January 2012

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Person: BEALE, Joseph Boggs (1841-1926)