Magic lantern slide depicting Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, 'Drink Me'
- Made:
- 1870s in United Kingdom
- maker:
- John Tenniel
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Hand-painted glass lantern slide illustrating scene from 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland' by Lewis Carroll. Illustrations by Sir John Tenniel, made by York and Son with permission of MacMillan and Co, 1870s. Slide No. 4, shows Alice with bottle labelled 'Drink Me' "Now I'm opening out like the largest telescope that ever was".
From an original set of 42 slides made by York and Son, London.
From original slide reading (from the novel):
'Tied round the neck of the bottle was a paper label, with the words, Drink Me'.
Details
- Category:
- Cinematography
- Object Number:
- 1951-316/1
- Materials:
- glass and paper (fibre product)
- Measurements:
-
Estimate overall: 83 mm x 83 mm
- type:
- lantern slide
- credit:
- The National Media Museum, Bradford
