Rare vintage Optical lantern image of the Qajar King Royal Gardens in Tehran, from 1905

Qajar King Royal Gardens

Photograph

Vintage Photograph of Teheran, from 1905- Optical lantern image of the Qajar king Palace gardens in Tehran. This seems to be a aerial view of the garden with the city in background. Titled "VUE PRISE DU PALAIS DU SHAH-LES NOUVEAUX QUARTIERS DE TEHERAN" Photographer is "Projections Molteni, Radiguet & Massiot 15 bd des filles du calvaire-Paris" This is a positive on a glass lantern, Gelatine silver bromure. Magic lanterns, also known as optical lanterns, provided one of the most popular forms of entertainment during their heyday in the 18th and 19th centuries. In 1850, two Daguerreotypists in Philadelphia, William and Frederick Langenheim, invented a transparent positive image of a photograph in the form of a glass slide that could be projected onto a wall or screen using a Magic Lantern. Using an artificial light source and a combination of lenses, these devices enlarged small transparency images or miniature models and projected them onto a wall or screen. dimensions : 8,5 cm x 10 cm. The photographer Arthur Radiguet (died the year of this image in 1905), worked for the " la Maison Molteni" famous for their lantern images. Very rare to find such a aerial view of 1905 iran. In very good condition.

Item #14426

Price: $300.00