Summary
Alternative Name(s); Children's Slide; Magic Lantern Slide
Slide number 11 from a set of 12 lantern slides depicting the story of Don Quixote. Depicts Don Quixote and another man (perhaps his 'squire', Sancho Panza), on a wooden horse, licked by flames. 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 a man in armour on a wooden horse, with another man naked to the waist seated behind him. They are surrounded by men and women holding sticks of fire and bellows around the knight.
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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Acquisition Information
Loan & Subsequent Donation from Australian Film Institute (AFI), Mr David Francis, by Nov 1990
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Date Made
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Format
Lantern Slide, Standard (3¼ in. x 3¼ in.), Colour
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Inscriptions
Printed in black ink on glass slide: '11'
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Overall Dimensions
82 mm (Width), 82 mm (Height)
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Keywords
Children's Play, Crowds, Fires, Horses, Lantern Slides, Optical Amusements