Lantern Slide

MOA: University of British Columbia

3000/74

Square lantern slide made of two pieces of glass, one with the image printed on it, the other clear, held together by a ‘frame’ of black paper tape. The colour, circular image shows two men and a woman in purple and yellow mourning a man in orange who lays dead at the bottom of the scene. Labels: "The victims of Giant Despair among the tombs. / Copied by permission from the Pilgrim’s Progress. / G. Routledge & Sons / 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.


  • Type of Item slide
  • Culture English
  • Material glass, paper, paint, ink
  • Measurements height 8.5 cm, width 8.5 cm, depth 0.4 cm (overall)

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

  • Made in United Kingdom, London

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

  • Condition good
  • Accession Number 3000/0074