Magic lantern slide depicting Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Alice with a Long Neck

Hand-painted glass lantern slide illustrating scene from

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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, published with permission of MacMillan and Co, 1870s. Slide number 4 shows Alice with an elongated neck.

From original slide reading (from the novel):

'Now I'm opening out like the largest telescope that ever was'.

Details

Category:
Cinematography
Object Number:
1951-316/2
Materials:
glass and paper (fibre product)
Measurements:
overall: 83 mm x 83 mm .08 kg
type:
lantern slide
credit:
The National Media Museum, Bradford