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lantern slide

Object NameMagic Lantern Slide of Ali Baba and Thieves

Made FromGlass, Paper

Dateabout 1801-1994

TechniqueCut, printed, cold-painted, glued

SizeOverall H: 5.4 cm, L: 21.7 cm, Th: 0.2 cm

Accession Number95.3.7 B

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Place Made

probably France

Physical DescriptionColorless; cut, printed, cold-painted, glued. Four rectangles of colorless sheet glass framed in green paper tape around edges. The slides are divided into three printed segments separated by lines. The two scenes on the right and left illustrate the story of Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves. (B) Left illustration: Ali Baba standing frontally in the cave of the thieves admiring the treasure. On the right: ali Baba loading sacks into the carrying baskets of his donkeys. Text: "No.3 Ali-Baba an admiration dans la/caverne des voleurs.? no 4 il charge ses ânes/ de l'or des voleurs."
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