The model book of dreams, fortune teller, and epitome of parlor entertainments (1864)
Temple, Henry. [from old catalog], Ottley, Cordelia M., [from old catalog] joint author · Cincinnati, J. R. Hawley & co. · leaf 296
stance;when bright lines are required upon a dark ground, theeffect is easily managed, by scratching the color away with aneedle, or any other pointed instrument; and if the lines areto appear faintly colored, it is only necessary to point themdelicately after the scratching is completed. The… … surrounded by anopaque, black tint, asin the illustration:the figures of theformer are usuallyshown upon a wall,familiar doubtless to most of our readers, and invariably havea circle of light around them ; whilst those in the latter arethrown upon a semi-transparent screen, which is placed be-tween…
Dreams · Fortune-telling · Amusements
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