Double slipper lantern slide. A rectangular wooden frame holds three glass plates side by side: the centre is stationary, the other two moveable. The stationary plate shows a vibrantly coloured, printed image of a clown in three poses, dressed in red, blue and yellow. The background is black. Parts b and c are panes of glass with blotches of black paint carefully placed to intermittently hide elements on the stationary slide as they move past it, allowing the clown to do a cartwheel. The frame is built to accommodate the moving slides, having large grooves in each side for the plates to slide, and semi-circular finger holes which enable the user to grasp the movable slides. Stamped in wood: "W.C. Hughes / Optician...London"

• Narrative

  From the collection of the missionary Thomas Crosby, who worked in various places on the Northwest Coast of B.C. from 1863 to 1907.

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• Type of Item slide
• Culture English
• Material wood, glass, paper, paint, lacquer
• Measurements height 10.1 cm, width 17.5 cm, depth 0.9 cm (part a) height 7.1 cm, width 15.9 cm, depth 0.2 cm (part b) height 7.1 cm, width 15.9 cm, depth 0.2 cm (part c)

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• Previous Owner Thomas Crosby, Jane Howard, Thomas Taylor Crosby
• Received from Jane Howard, Thomas Taylor Crosby

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• Made in United Kingdom, London

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• Ownership Date before 1914, before April 17, 2013
• Acquisition Date on April 17, 2013

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• Condition fair
• Accession Number 3000/0054 a-c