Lantern Slide, Maud Muller Series, "Maud Muller on a Summer's Day Raked the Meadow Sweet with Hay," 1894
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Joseph Boggs Beale (1841-1926) created artwork that was reproduced to make magic lantern slides like this one. His illustrations were photographed onto glass then hand colored. Beale was prolific, producing more than 2000 images used in over 250 different lantern slide sets. This slide was one of six created to illustrate John Greenleaf Whittier's poem "Maud Muller."
Joseph Boggs Beale (1841-1926) created artwork that was reproduced to make magic lantern slides like this one. His illustrations were photographed onto glass then hand colored. Beale was prolific, producing more than 2000 images used in over 250 different lantern slide sets. This slide was one of six created to illustrate John Greenleaf Whittier's poem "Maud Muller."
Artifact
Lantern slide
Date Made
1894
Creators
Keywords
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
94.0.65.5
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Glass (Material)
Tape (Material)
Technique
Hand coloring
Photographic processes
Printing (Process)
Color
Multicolored
Dimensions
Height: 3.25 in
Width: 4 in
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