Summary

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

Slide number 5 from a set of 12 lantern slides depicting the story of Don Quixote. Depicts Don Quixote falling from his horse. He endured defeats and humiliations during his adventures.

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 two men in front of a horse in a rocky gully. The man pictured to the right is falling over. He is not wearing trousers.

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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