A brush with St Basil's

By Robert Elwall 2002-04-04T00:00:00

Source: RIBA Library Photographs Collection

Nineteenth-century lantern slides, projected onto a wall or screen, were the precursors of today's 3mm slides. Often hand-coloured, they presented views of architectural subjects and transformed the study of architecture.

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