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72/1046 Magic lanterns Glass slides Story of Actaeon 72/1046 Magic lanterns Glass slides Story of Actaeon 72/1046 Magic lanterns Glass slides Story of Actaeon 72/1046 Magic lanterns Glass slides Story of Actaeon 72/1046 [Magic lanterns. Glass slides]. (Story of Actaeon). Handpainted movable double glass slide, ±1780, 6,5x36,5 cm. (glass), signed "J Otten", wooden frame. = Scenes from the story of Actaeon and the goddess Diana. Actaeon spying on the bath of Diana, Actaeon being transformed into a deer (with antlers on his head) and Actaeon hunted down by Diana. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XXVI. AND another similar glass slide, prob. by the same artist, showing a group of elegantly dressed people at a banquet and looking at a harlequin, a violinist, dwarfs and rope dancer performing. = Although the glass slides are movable, the range of sliding is limited due to the character of the figures themselves.