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Hand-Painted Lantern Slide of a Butterfly

Inventory Number 11592


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.11592

Item type
Object
Physical material
Glass
Paper
Object type
Lantern slide
Dimensions
Height: 2mm Width: 87mm Depth: 87mm Weight: 43g
Inventory No
11592

Description

Hand-painted three-and-a-quarter-inch square glass lantern slide. Shows a butterfly, entirely in black and white except for a blush of orange at the bottom of the wings. Removed from box 11590.