The Sciopticon manual : explaining lantern projections in general, and the Sciopticon apparatus in particular, including magic lantern attachments, experiments, novelties, colored and photo-transparencies, mechanical movements, etc. (1877)
Marcy, L. J. (Lorenzo J.) · Philadelphia : J.A. Moore · leaf 130
121 SCIOPTICON MANUAL. COMPOSITION PICTURES. The miscellaneous views in Class X are mostly com- position pictures, suggesting their own descriptions. Take, for example, this picture of the milkmaid. … The cow, so gently submitting to the maiden's manip- ulations, evidently feels quite at home. Appearances indicate that she is capable of giving a pailful of milk. She has taken the position convenient for the milkmaid, who, for the time, has suspended operations for a social chat with the young…
Lantern projection · Slides (Photography)
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