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lantern slide

Object NameMagic Lantern Slide of Ali Baba and Thieves

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 A

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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. (A) the left illustration shows Ali Baba's journey through the forest with his three donkeys. The right illustration shows the head of the bandits opening the cavern with the magic words: "Open, Sesame". The text in the center panel explains: "Histoire/ d'Ali Baba et de 40/voleurs Exterminés par une/ Escalve No. 1 Voyage à la forêt / il voit la troupe de voleurs./ No. 2 Étants cacher il interdits./ le Chef fait ouvrir la /porte de la Caverne en/Disant : Sésame, ouvre-toi.
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