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Hand-Painted Lantern Slide of Butterflies and Bramble, by [?]Thorman

Inventory Number 11591


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.11591

Item type
Object
Primary inscriptions
The signature within the picture appears to be 'Thorman Copyright'
Physical material
Glass
Paper
Object type
Lantern slide
Dimensions
Height: 2mm Width: 87mm Depth: 87mm Weight: 50g
Inventory No
11591

Description

Hand-painted three-and-a-quarter-inch square glass lantern slide, circular image. Shows a pupa, caterpillar, and two butterflies, one coloured red, the other pale yellow with a red body, about a spray of bramble. Removed from box 11590.