lantern slide

Object NameMagic Lantern Slide with Story of Mère Biquette

Made FromGlass, Paint, Paper

Dateabout 1900

TechniqueCold painted

SizeOverall H: 6.5 cm, W: 25.5, D: 0.3

Accession Number2017.3.10 C

Credit LineGift of Magdeleine and Marcel Wellner

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Place Made

France

Physical DescriptionMagic Lantern Slide with Story of Mère Biquette. Colorless flat glass, multicolored paint, green paper; cold painted. Rectangular glass slide with two hand-painted scenes. The scene on the left, titled "Mere Biquette No. 7", depicts an anthropomorphized woodland animal man following an anthropomorphized woodland animal woman. The scene on the right, titled "Mere Biquette No. 8", depicts an anthropomorphized woodland animal man knocking on the door of a house.
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