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Wood-Framed Lantern Slide: Figure of the Earth, for Astronomy Lectures, by Newton?, c.1870

Inventory Number 66852


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.66852

Item type
Object
Makers
Newton
Physical material
Wood
Glass
Paint
Paper
Ink
Object type
Lantern slide
Dimensions
Height: 100mm Width: 165mm Depth: 9mm Weight: 103g
Inventory No
66852

Description

Wood-framed hand painted lantern slide with painted image of a seascape and lighthouse with two figures with telescopes looking along two drawn perspective lines and three boats diminishing in size in the perspective. The frame is stamped with Newton the maker's mark and has a paper label marked "1" and another blank paper label both on the side. The top edge of the frame reads "11" and "a/h  Figure of the Earth" - both written in ink.