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Double Panorama Slipping Slide: Lady on Balcony and Boat on Lake, by Newton, English?, c. 1880

Inventory Number 52243


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.52243

Item type
Object
Makers
Newton
Provenance
In wooden box marked in chalk: 'ASTRO ATY'.
Physical material
Wood
Glass
Paint
Metal
Dimensions
Height: 233mm Width: 103mm Depth: 13mm Weight: 252g
Inventory No
52243

Description

Wood-framed glass sliding-type lantern slide showing part of a gothic style building overlooking a lake, with a lady on a balcony. When the top slide is pulled to the right, a boat with two men and a pink tent sails into the picture.