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Wood-Framed Lantern Slide (Single Slipping Type): Falling Out of the Balloon 'Venture', by Newton, London, c.1880

Inventory Number 51302


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.51302

Item type
Object
Makers
Newton
Provenance
From Miss Ellen Willmott's collection.
Other inscriptions
Small circular label: 'EW'.
Physical material
Wood
Glass
Paint
Paper
Object type
Lantern slide
Dimensions
Height: 120mm Width: 177mm Depth: 10mm Weight: 102g
Inventory No
51302

Description

Wood-framed sliding type lantern slide - depicting a hot air balloon - when a piece of glass is move the slide shows two people tumbling out of the balloon. A sticker in the left hand corner reads EW. The frame is stamped with the maker's Newton & Co stamp.