Summary

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

Slide number 8 from a set of 12 lantern slides depicting the story of Don Quixote. Depicts Don Quixote on a horse, riding through sheep.

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 man in armour riding a horse through a heard of sheep. He holds a sword high in his right hand; another sword is slung on his left side. Two other figures perhaps depict shepherds, one with a donkey.

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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