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Wood-Framed Lantern Slide: Saturn, by W. E. & F. Newton, London, c.1870

Inventory Number 71491


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.71491

Item type
Object
Physical material
Wood
Glass
Paint
Paper
Ink
Object type
Lantern slide
Dimensions
Height: 100mm Width: 165mm Depth: 9mm Weight: 118g
Inventory No
71491

Description

Hand painted wood-framed lantern slide with painted depiction of Saturn. With a maker's mark Newton stamped into the side of the frame and a paper label on numbered "15". Another label on the lower edge of this side is possibly broken in half. The top edge of the frame is inscribed with the number "25" and "Saturn".