File:Lantern Slide, Universal Wheel, ca. 1780 (CH 18344161).jpg

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English: Lantern Slide, Universal Wheel, ca. 1780   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Title
English: Lantern Slide, Universal Wheel, ca. 1780
Description
English: Magic lantern slide, optical toy. On black field, pierced disk at center, surrounded by three large and nine smaller concentric circles. Large circles banded with radiating arcs curved alternately clockwise, counter clockwise, and clockwise; pink and white, green and orange and white.
Date circa 1780
date QS:P571,+1780-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Medium cut paper on wood frame
Dimensions H x W: 44.6 × 48 cm (17 9/16 × 18 7/8 in.)
institution QS:P195,Q1129820
Current location
Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design
Accession number
1937-18-26
Credit line Museum purchase through gift of Mary Hearn Greims and George A. Hearn and from the Misses Hewitt Fund
Notes
  • Type: Lantern slide
  • Inscribed: Inscribed on label, verso: We see here a universal wheel that always turns -- quick, slow, but always with the same movement -- opposed, wavy, -- and looks like a beautiful rose of diamonds.
  • Country: Italy
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