Summary

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

Slide number 6 from a set of 12 lantern slides depicting the children's story 'Jack and the Beanstalk'.

This lantern slide is 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 a boy talking to a giant on the steps of a stone or brick building. A plant (beanstalk) is pictured to the left of image. The giant (gender uncertain) wears a long blue robe with red scarf and shows, and a gold chatelaine at waist. The boy wears a red jacket, blue trousers and brown shoes. A gold horn hangs off a chain fixed to a wall or pillar at the centre of the image.

Physical Description

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

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