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 302
varnished over with gum copal; on thegauze, then, paint various scenes, buildings, or landscapes, inwhich the figures are to appear. The woodwork of thesegauzed frames must not be more than an inch in depth, norquite half-an-inch in thickness, in order that they may slidewith facility into the… … §00 OPTICAL AMUSEMENTS. the illustration; and the whole of the framework and its sup-ports should be hidden by hanging drapery on the outside, soas completely to screen all movements and the lights in theroom, from the spectators, yet not hide the aperture where theshadows are to appear; in the…
Dreams · Fortune-telling · Amusements
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