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Lantern Slide, Swirling Pattern

This is a Lantern slide. It is dated ca. 1780 and we acquired it in 1937. Its medium is cut paper on wood frame. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Museum purchase through gift of Mary Hearn Greims and George A. Hearn and from the Misses Hewitt Fund.

Cite this object as

Lantern Slide, Swirling Pattern; Italy; cut paper on wood frame; Museum purchase through gift of Mary Hearn Greims and George A. Hearn and from the Misses Hewitt Fund; 1937-18-16

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