Children watching a magic lantern show. Coloured lithograph.

Date:
[between 1800 and 1899]
Reference:
12082i
Part of:
Spooner's protean views
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Description

The transparency reveals the magic lantern's image: a coloured man dancing to the devil's tune, played on a violin of bellows and tongs

Publication/Creation

London (377 Strand) : W. Spooner, [between 1800 and 1899]

Physical description

1 print : lithograph on thin paper with tissue mounted behind, with watercolour ; image 17.5 x 13.1 cm.

Lettering

The magic lantern.

Reference

Wellcome Collection 12082i

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