Magic Lantern Antique Glass Slides With Reverse Painted Caricatures, Set of 4 New Yorker cartoon " Completely charming

" Completely charming

Produced by the Boy Scouts of America

Very good overall condition

But what a striking--and rather haunting I think--object in its pared down state

Magic Lantern Antique Glass Slides With Reverse Painted Caricatures, Set of 4 New Yorker cartoon " Completely charmingWhat a cast of characters! I've come across old Magic Lantern slides before, but none as wonderful as these, charmingly caricaturing a variety of couples, while imparting each figure with fantastic personality! Reverse painted on glass (I believe etched in black first, then with all the color painted by hand) in a terrifically bright palette of pinks, yellows, greens and blues, they really pop against the unpainted (clear) glass backgrounds, framed