Magic lantern slide depicting Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Slide 15

Hand-painted glass lantern slide illustrating scene from 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland' by Lewis Carrol. Illustrations by Sir John Teniel, made by York and Son, published with permisssion of MacMillan and Co, 1870s. Slide number 15 "And yet you incessantly stand on your head".

This slide illustrates part of the poem 'You are Old, Father William' , recited by Alice to the Caterpillar in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland:

' "You are old Father Willliam", the young man said,

"And your hair has become very white;

And yet you incessantly stand on your head -

Do you think, at your age, it is right?" '