File:Lantern Slide, Chinese Garden, ca. 1780 (CH 18344131).jpg
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[edit]English: Lantern Slide, Chinese Garden, ca. 1780 ( ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Title |
English: Lantern Slide, Chinese Garden, ca. 1780 |
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Description |
English: Magic lantern slide, optical toy. On black field, pagodas hung with lanterns at left and right, with silhouetted figures in three lower stories. A star at top center, a rayed wheel in center below, and at bottom center a sphere from which fly serpentine fireworks. Representation of a garden, with pyramidal pine trees. White, yellow, green, blue, and red transparencies. |
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Date |
circa 1780 date QS:P571,+1780-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 |
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Medium | cut paper on wood frame | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dimensions | H x W: 44.6 × 50 cm (17 9/16 × 19 11/16 in.) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q1129820 |
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Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design |
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Accession number |
1937-18-12 |
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Credit line | Museum purchase through gift of Mary Hearn Greims and George A. Hearn and from the Misses Hewitt Fund | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source/Photographer | Catalog Photo |
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