Detail of 'Pepper's Ghost' projected figures in the castle's brewhouse

Date:
23 Jul 2009
Location:
Dover Castle, Dover, Kent
Reference:
DP076513
Type:
Photograph (Digital)
Not what you're looking for? Try a new search
How you can use our images.

Description

'Pepper's Ghost' is a theatrical illusion technique used to project images of 2D figures in a 3D setting. It was devised by Henry Dircks and John Henry Pepper in the 1860s.

Content

This is part of the Job: 2K/15624 Great Tower, Dover Castle, Kent; within the Volume: VF000169 Dover Castle, Dover, Kent; within the Series: EHC01/002 Eh Architectural Requests; within the Collection: EHC01 English Heritage(Eh):Archive

Rights

© Historic England Archive

People & Organisations

Photographer: Kendall, Derek: English Heritage

Keywords

Castle