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Lantern Slide (Hand-Painted): Dissolving View of Warwick Castle, Fire at Night, by Newton, English, c. 1880

Inventory Number 58819


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.58819

Item type
Object
Makers
Newton
Provenance
Circular paper label: 'EW'.
Physical material
Paint
Paper
Glass
Object type
Lantern slide
Dimensions
Height: 84mm Width: 84mm Depth: 4mm Weight: 61g
Inventory No
58819

Description

A hand-painted lantern slide of a view of Warwick Castle on fire. The painting is sandwiched between two glass slides which are held together with a paper border.

'EW' label suggests association with Ellen Willmott