= Rare movable slide vividly showing the flames and smoke coming out of roof of the burning houses. The Great fire of Hamburg destroyed about one third of Hamburg-Altstadt and killing 51 people.

(A moonlit bedroom scene showing a man guarding a pot of gold below his bed being awoken by a thief who appears outside before his window). Movable circular handpainted glass slide, 3 glass layers (2 movable layers, one on either side of a central stationary scene) , ±1850, Ø 8 cm., within wooden frame. (Photographer with a plate camera taking a picture of a seated man, first making him sit still, then taking out the finished photograph). Movable rectangular handpainted glass slide, 2 glass layers, ±1850, 7x14,5 cm., within wooden frame. (A caged ape stealing the wig of a woman). Movable rectangular handpainted glass slide, 2 glass layers, ±1850, 7x14,3 cm., within wooden frame. - AND 5 other (4x movable) glass slides, ±1850-1860, all in wooden frames, all prob. German, incl. 2 circular slides w. a nice kaleidoscopic effect (1x defective).