Summary

Alternative Name(s); Children's Slide; Magic Lantern Slide

Children's magic lantern slide. The gestures of the two men depicted suggest they are discussing something. Slide number 4 from a set of 12 lantern slides depicting the story of Ali Baba & the Forty Thieves.

Part of the Francis Collection of pre-cinematic apparatus and ephemera, acquired by the Australian and Victorian Governments in 1975. David Francis was the curator of the National Film and Sound Archive of the British Film Institute as well as being a co-founder of the Museum of the Moving Image in London, which was operational between 1988 and 1999.

Description of Content

Lantern slide showing two men in turbans talking to one another in a tent or room adorned with fabric. One man is seated cross-legged; the other is standing. Tools around the seated man suggest he is a cobbler. Two bird cages hang on the upper left.

Physical Description

Lantern slide featuring a colour image printed on glass with pink paper edging. A second piece of glass is attached to protect the printed image.

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