Magic Lantern Slide: Five heads of people of different races
This is a magic lantern slide for a toy projector. The elongated shape enabled the slide to be moved to show different images as part of a story.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 35/1984/30
- Category
- Decorative Art
- Collection Class
- Social and industrial history
- Collection Area Region
- Northern Europe
- Material
- glasspaperpigment
- Common Name
- Magic Lantern Slide: Five heads of people of different races
- Simple Name
- slide
- Inscription Transcription
- handwritten '3' on top edge paper strip; handwritten '1', '2', '3', '4', '5' under images on bottom edge strip
- Period Classification
- Victorian (1837-1901); Edwardian (1901-1914)