Magic Lantern Slide: No sooner was the basket opened than Pussy sprang out upon the rats
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’s cat is jumping out of the basket to chase rats.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 314/1977/65
- Collection Class
- Social and industrial history
- Material
- glasspaperphotographic emulsionpigment
- Common Name
- Magic Lantern Slide: No sooner was the basket opened than Pussy sprang out upon the rats
- 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