En mand med en laterna magica viser et tyveri, der foregår for næsen af den sovende vægter 1743 - 1809

This pen and wash drawing by Nicolai Abildgaard depicts a man using a magic lantern to project an image of a robbery in progress onto a screen. The scene, which is framed within a circle on the paper, shows three thieves in the act of stealing from a sleeping watchman. This satirical drawing, created between 1743 and 1809, uses humor to comment on the social issues of the time, such as crime and the use of new technologies. The drawing is currently housed in the SMK - Statens Museum for Kunst.