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Magic lantern slide

about 1870
Medium/TechniqueReverse-painted glass; wood
DimensionsHeight x width: 10.2 × 17.8 cm (4 × 7 in.)
Credit LineThe Richard Balzer Collection—Gift of Patricia Bellinger Balzer
Accession number2019.868
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsTools and equipment
ProvenanceBetween about 1970 and 2017, acquired by Richard Balzer (b. 1944 - d. 2017), Brookline, MA; by inheritance to Patricia Bellinger; 2019, gift of Patricia Bellinger to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 24, 2019)
"British America" of Winsor N.S. Passing Flushing 1875
Unidentified artist, American, 19th century
about 1875