Magic lantern slide-painting of "Topsy:" black woman with colorful dress and headdress; eyes roll in sockets when under-glass is shifted


Description

Title
Magic lantern slide-painting of "Topsy:" black woman with colorful dress and headdress; eyes roll in sockets when under-glass is shifted
Published / Created
1888
Description
Item #2192
Extent
1 lantern slide
17.6 x 12.6 cm. on mount 25.3 x 20.3 cm.
col.
Extent of Digitization
Completely digitized

Collection Information

Call Number
JWJ MSS 54
Collection Title
Randolph Linsly Simpson African-American collection
Collection/Other Creator
Simpson, Randolph Linsly, 1927-1992
Collection Date
circa 1728-1991 (bulk 1850-1970)
Collection Note
Series III. Artifacts
Container / Volume Information
Box 42 | Folder 1192
Finding Aid
http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/beinecke.pubsim

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Format
still image
Genre
Artifacts
Hand coloring
Lantern slides
Paintings
Resource Type
Prints & Photographs
Subject (Name)
Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896--Characters--Pictorial works
Subject (Topic)
African Americans in popular culture --19th century
Glass painting and staining--19th century

Access And Usage Rights

Access
Public
Rights
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Identifiers

Orbis Record
4465927
OID
9999041

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