Magic Lantern Slide: The Donkey and the Mill: The peasant and his donkey hasten to the mill
This slide is part of the story of The Donkey and the Mill, which was an entertaining moral tale. Each of the twelve slides contains a different part of the story, and in this image the peasant is encouraging the donkey towards the windmill on the hill, carrying his sack of grain on its back.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 314/1977/32
- Collection Class
- Social and industrial history
- Material
- glasspaperphotographic emulsion
- Common Name
- Magic Lantern Slide: The Donkey and the Mill: The peasant and his donkey hasten to the mill
- Simple Name
- slide
- Period Classification
- Victorian (1837-1901)
- Production Town
- London
- Production Country
- United Kingdom
- Production Person Surname
- York & Son
- Production Year High
- 1888
