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lantern slide

Object NameMagic Lantern Slide

Made FromGlass

Dateabout 1801-1994

TechniqueCut, printed, cold-painted, glued

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

Accession Number95.3.11 D

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Place Made

probably France

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.
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