Caption:
Optical Toy: 'The Magic Lantern' (Spooner's Protean Views, no. 5), William Spooner, England, active 1830 1854, Lithograph, brush and watercolor on paper, mounted, Two adults and a group of children witness a magic lantern show - when held to the light, a caricature of a Black figure dancing to the tune of a fiddle-playing devil is seen. Below, title and publisher's name., London, England, ca. 1838, Print, Print