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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 B

Curatorial Area(s)

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Physical DescriptionColorless; cut, printed, cold-painted, glued. Two caricatures of a woman and a man with exaggerated heads are walking to the left in an outdoor setting. She is wearing a yellow hat, a green mantle, a red skirt, and a brown muff. The man is dressed in a red cap, a blue coat, and red boots. Between them the inscription, "Le frère et la soeur de Lait". The following figure is shown in half profile turned to the right. She is wearing a white, pleated mob cap with a bow and a yellow coat. She is holding a playing card with an ace of spades. To her left is a red heart above the inscription "La mère la carte sorciere", followed by a red diamond. To her left is a black club symbol. She is followed by a male figure facing left in half-profile. He is wearing a red house coat or jacket and is holding a letter addressed to a "Monsieur Le Blanc". To his right the inscription "Le portier de l'hôtel".
Provenance

Source Rick Barandes - 1995-02-13