Lantern slide (without its frame). Part a is a glass slide showing a printed colour image of a brown and white cat with green eyes, mouth open, leaning on the far side of a yellow table upon which sits a candle and a toy. The background is black. Part b is a glass slide with two small black mice and a black inked area in the top centre. When moved across part a, part b covers or reveals the cat and inserts the mice into the image.

• 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 glass, paint, paper, lacquer
• Measurements height 7.5 cm, width 14.8 cm, depth 0.2 cm (part a) height 7.1 cm, width 15.9 cm, depth 0.2 cm (part b)

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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, England

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

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• Condition good
• Accession Number 3000/0055 a-b