Pick of the Week: Shedding light on a £26,000 lantern
Triple lens or Triunial magic lanterns were the iPhone 8 of their day. Since the days of the Sturm lantern in the 17th century, the technology had developed from basic projectors producing small, dimly lit images, to these magnificent machines capable of spectacular technicolour lantern entertainments.
Its three lenses enabled a skilled lanternist to produce dissolving views – day seamlessly becomin…