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lantern slide

Object NameMagic Lantern Slide

Made FromGlass, Paper

Dateabout 1801-1994

Place Madeprobably France

TechniqueCut, printed, cold-painted, glued

SizeOverall H: 5.5 cm, L: 21.7 cm, Th: 0.2 cm

Accession Number95.3.10

Curatorial Area(s)

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Physical DescriptionColorless; cut, printed, cold-painted, glued. Slide consisting of a rectangle of colorless sheet glass framed in green paper tape around edges. The slide is divided into printed segments separated by vertical lines. The left illustration (no. 4) shows Averant standing frontally, negotiating with the crow sitting in a tree, while the dead eagle lies on the ground beneath it. The text in the central panel reads, "N 4. La Belle aux cheveaux d'or./ Averant tue un aigle qui poursuit/ un corbeau. Le corbeau promet de lui/ être utile. N 5. il delivre un hibou/ pris dans un filet qui lui assure/ sa protection. N 6. averant demand/ la main de la Belle. elle dit qu'elle/ répousera le roi que s'il retrouve/ une bague qu'elle a luissé Tumber dans la rivière." The right illustration (no. 5) shows the hero capturing an owl with a net; of the illustration No. 6 on the far left only a panelled door remains.
Provenance

Source Rick Barandes - 1995-02-13