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Wood-Framed Lantern Slide (Hand-Painted): Dissolving View of Warwick Castle, Daytime, by Newton, London, c.1880

Inventory Number 13822


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.13822

Item type
Object
Makers
Newton
Provenance
From Miss Ellen Willmott's collection.
Other inscriptions
Circular paper label; 'EW'.
Physical material
Wood
Glass
Paint
Paper
Ink
Object type
Lantern slide
Dimensions
Height: 100mm Width: 165mm Depth: 9mm Weight: 105g
Inventory No
13822

Description

In mahogany slide frame. With inv. no. 58819. Wood framed lantern slide with painted image of a view of Warwick Castle with two figures on a small rowing boat in the foreground. The frame is stamped on both sides with the maker's mark Newton & Co. The glass is also labelled Newton & Co and has 2 circular white stickers stating EW. There is a white numbered sticker on the frame 603.