Gorgeous colorised images of 19th Century Egypt.
In 1849, German-born Philadelphia daguerreotypists William and Frederick Langenheim popularised the sciopticon “magic lantern” technology that allowed projected images. Lantern slides were a transparent images on glass plates. With the sciopticon and other devices the image was magnified and projected onto a larger surface.
Prior to 1850, most magic lantern slides were hand-painted on glass, or created using a transfer method to reproduce many copies of a single etching or print. In the middle of the 19th century, however, the development of photographic slides created entirely new uses for the magic lantern, from university lectures to amateur family photo shows.
The brothers toured Egypt. The images they produced are extraordinary:
Frederick Langenheim Looking at Talbotypes
Porters, Alexandria
Gizeh : Sphinx and Pyramid.
Street in Native Quarter, Cairo
Aloe Plant, Esbekiyeh Place, Cairo.
Camels en route to Sakkara.
Fellahin in the Fields, Cairo.
Bisharin Man, Assuan.
Donkey Market, Gizeh.
Egyptian Children, Ramleh.
Group of Camels, Cairo.
Bedouins Pasturing Camels, Abusir.
Egypt – Rear view of Temple, Denderah
Abu Simbel. Looking Southward
“Views, Objects: Egypt. Abu Simbel. View 07: Egypt – The Nile from Abu Simbel.”. Lantern slide, 3.25 x 4 in (8.25 x 10 cm). Brooklyn Museum, lantern slides
Abu Simbel. Temple of Ramses II. View from the Nile.
Great Temple, Interior, Abu Simbel.
Via: Brooklyn Museum
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