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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 C

Curatorial Area(s)

Place Made

probably France

Physical DescriptionColorless; cut, printed, cold-painted, glued. The left illustration shows two men emersed in conversation. The thin man on the left wears a blue formal jacket and yellow pants; he holds his green hat in his hand; to his left the inscription "La fleur des/ portiers le/ jour de l'an". The fat man on the right is dressed in a yellow house coat, a matching hat with tassel, white shirt, green vest, and red pants. To his right the inscription "Le proprietaire". The scene is followed by a man with a yellow hat and jacket facing right. He is carrying a wicker basket on his back from which is dangling the body of a dead cat. He is prodding with a stick another dead cat lying on the ground. In front of them an arched tombstone; to the top right the inscription "le tombeau des/ chats". On their right a woman with a ruffled green dress, her arms raised in a gesture of despair; to her right the inscription "une femme nerveuse.
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