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lantern slide
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lantern slide

Object NameMagic Lantern Slide
Made FromGlass
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 Number95.3.11 D
Not On View
Physical DescriptionColorless; cut, printed, cold-painted, gluedTo the far left the inscription "Monsieur Bertrand/ ayant un mal de dent/ chez un charlatan/ qui lui arrache <3..> dents. This is followed by a drummer with a pointed hat walking right and the inscription "100 douleurs". The next group shows a man seated in a chair, in front of him the charlatan extracting a tooth from his mouth. The patients' head is held by an assistant in a tight arm lock. To their far right stands a servant facing left, holding a wash bowl with a glass and a towel slung over his left arm. He is wearing an exaggerated soldier's hat.
Provenance
Source Rick Barandes - 1995-02-13
vase
Josiah Wedgwood
about 1790
vase
Josiah Wedgwood & Sons Ltd.
about 1877-1880
vase
Franz Paul Zach
1862
pitcher
300-499
John Ford & Co.
about 1850-1900