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

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, 1880s. Slide number 4 shows Alice with an elongated neck.

This lantern slide is one of a set illustrating Lewis Carroll's story, 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'. It and the rest of the set were projected in a magic lantern alongside the lanternist reciting the story for groups of people to enjoy. The text from the slide reading for this slide repeats the words from the novel - 'Now I'm opening out like the largest telescope that ever was'.