Magic Lantern Slide: Dick went down to the wharf with Pussy, packed in a neat comfortable basket
This slide is from the tale of Dick Whittington, with each of the twelve slides showing a different part of the story. In this image Dick is about to be rowed to board the merchant’s ship, with his cat comfortably contained in a basket.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 314/1977/63
- Collection Class
- Social and industrial history
- Material
- glasspaperphotographic emulsionpigment
- Common Name
- Magic Lantern Slide: Dick went down to the wharf with Pussy, packed in a neat comfortable basket
- Simple Name
- slide
- Period Classification
- Victorian (1837-1901)
- Production Town
- London
- Production Country
- United Kingdom
- Production Person Surname
- J. Theobald & Co.
- Production Year High
- 1894