Black Americana 19th C Educational Glass Lantern Artwork Slide Alligator

Description

Black Americana
African-American
19th Century Color Glass Lantern Artwork
Slide
used for educational purposes in university setting.
One in a series of hand-painted magic lantern slides entitled 'The Elephant's Revenge', made by Newton and Company in 1870.
The series tells the story of what happens when a man taunts an elephant. This is the eighth slide in the series, showing the elephant dangling the man over a crocodile waiting with open jaws.
Elephant dangling man over the open jaws
of an alligator
3 1/4" Square
Also referred to as Black Memorabilia, Afro-Americana and
Black Face Collectibles
While education can sometimes be troubling, I come down on the side of
collectors like Dr. Henry Lewis Gates
and Oprah Winfrey
who insist that we should not negate or erase our past.