Hand Shadows and More Hand Shadows

by Henry Bursill

Creating hand shadows on a wall is a pastime that has entertained young and old alike for generations. Now the art of hand shadows is made easy in this volume, a combination of two wonderful Victorian... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0486295133
• ISBN13: 9780486295138
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: Dover Publications
• Length: 64 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.5" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 8 to 14 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 9

Customer Reviews

This author built London's famous Lions in Trafalgar Square

Henry Burcill, the author of Hand Shadows, was my great-great-grandfather. He was a sculptor by trade and his statues stand in London to this day. The most famous of these are the four great lions in Trafalgar Square, which he created with Sir Edwin Landseer. Written in an era when people lived by candle-light and gas lamp - hand shadowing was a popular entertainment. Henry Burcill's Hand Shadow books are treasures from a bygone age. I hope they never go out of print.