"The City Rat and the Country Rat", Magic Lantern Slide, 1900

Item — Box: CFC Artifact Box 12

Identifier: CFC2021.0252.1

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Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

The Carlson Fable Collection is a gathering of primary fable materials at Reinert Alumni Memorial Library at Creighton University. It grew out of the personal collection of fable materials gathered by Rev. Gregory Carlson, S.J. and was given to the Creighton Libraries in 1996. There are more than 10,000 books and approximately 8,000 artifacts in the collection.

From plates to stamps, from cards to whiskey decanters, from toys to posters, you'll find just about anything you can imagine here. Please explore all that is to offer here in my fables Catalogue of Objects.

This is the largest online catalog of fable related objects on the internet. Many are from Aesop's Fables but you will find La Fontaine, Velazquez and Krylov also represented in this collection.

Dates

Issued: 1900

Extent

7'' Linear Feet ; 7'' x 3 7/8''

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Immediate Source of Acquisition

1900? Glass magic lantern colored slide of Gustave Doré's TMCM. 7" x 3 7/8". Labeled on the lower rim "Class 29. Series 11. Fables of La Fontaine. No. 2. The City Rat and the Country Rat. B. 1 F. 9." $19.99 from phillips_bradley on Ebay, Dec., '19.

The coloring of the image here is surprisingly strong. The image is about 3" in diameter.

Physical Description

The coloring of the image here is surprisingly strong. The image is about 3" in diameter. Wooden frame labeled as "No. 2." and "B. 1 F.9." housing a circular colored glass pane depicting two mice jumping off a table with silverware, dishes, and falling food in the background.