Sujet
A Day and Night in a Volcano
Légende
A Day and Night in a Volcano was a poster to promote a magic lantern slide show of the Hawaiian islands. Exploring the "Sandwich Isles" as presented by Herbert Stanley Renton, in 1891, as a "magic lantern" extraordinaire to enlighten and delight audiences on the merits of the storied island paradise. Used by magicians, but also to project moving images for entertainment and something of a precursor to film, Renton produced his "dissolving views" show by the use of a lantern with two or more lenses, or a pair of lanterns. Two or more slides could be projected in such a way as to dissolve seamlessly from one picture into another, producing effects such as day into night or the changing seasons. At the time this lantern show was produced, Renton captured a Hawaii still under the royal rule of Queen Kapi'olani, an island Eden of clambakes, erupting volcanoes, bountiful fruits, chieftains, tropical flora and fauna, and even early native "surf riders".
Date
1891
Crédit
Photo12/UIG/Universal History Archive
Notre référence
UMG22A48_397
Model release
Non
Property release
Non
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
10,8Mo (1,2Mo) / 14,4cm x 18,7cm / 1700 x 2211 (300dpi)