[Smoke effect for image of volcanic eruption]
Unnumbered slide from [Mount Vesuvius in eruption] (effect: Newton & Co., at least 2 slides, n.d.)
– Front view of slide
Royal Albert Memorial Museum Collection – reproduced by permission.
Digital image copyright © 2016 Royal Albert Memorial Museum and Art Gallery, Exeter.
(all dimensions are nominal; individual examples of this slide may have varied slightly from these values).
The slide only has a small picture area, representing smoke which moves as the movable glass of the slide is rotated by the rackwork mechanism. This image would have been superimposed ('dissolved') onto another image showing the volcano, so that the moving smoke would appear above the top of the mountain.
Example in Royal Albert Memorial Museum Collection, item 34/2016 (2016- )
Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 24 May 2020
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