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lantern slide

Object NameMagic Lantern Slide of Ali Baba and His Wife

Made FromGlass, Paper

Dateabout 1801-1994

TechniqueCut, printed, cold-painted, glued

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

Accession Number95.3.7 C

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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. (C) Left illustration: Ali Baba and his wife dig a hole for the treasure outside their house. Right illustration: Ali Baba rests on a couch smoking his hookah and talking to his wife standing in front of him. Text: "No 5. la femme d'Ali-Baba/ mesure l' or pendant/ quille creuse un trou/ pour le cacher./ No 6. la femme du frère/ d' Ali-Baba dit a son mari/ qu'il mesure l'or au/ boisseaux."
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