Magic Lantern Slide: The Donkey and the Mill: The poor man hangs by the donkey's tail
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, In this image the donkey and the peasant are being pulled off the ground by the windmill sail, while the miller looks out of the window at the spectacle.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 314/1977/36
- Collection Class
- Social and industrial history
- Material
- glasspaperphotographic emulsion
- Common Name
- Magic Lantern Slide: The Donkey and the Mill: The poor man hangs by the donkey's tail
- Simple Name
- slide
- Period Classification
- Victorian (1837-1901)
- Production Town
- London
- Production Country
- United Kingdom
- Production Person Surname
- York & Son
- Production Year High
- 1888
