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 I

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. 19", depicts an anthropomorphized woodland animal man with a halo knocking on a door. The scene on the right, titled "Mere Biquette No. 20", depicts an anthropomorphized woodland animal family standing in front of a closed door inside a building.
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