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Transparency, Lantern Slide

Object/Artifact

Magic Lantern Glass Slide – bordered in brown paper. 4 full figured caricature portraits from L-R: Large Asian man in printed yellow and red robe with details in green and a pointed hat that is green and yellow, a man with a large nose wearing a black top hat and blue coat trimmed in fur, man with a large pointed nose facing left wearing a red outfit with a yellow and green check vest he wears a pointed hat akin to a dunce hat with a large pointed nose, a Napoleonesque man sits at a table facing right with a glass of wine in his hand. Number 31 in the upper right corner.

2022.08.045

Genesee Country Village and Museum

2-1/4 in

7-3/4 in

Glass

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