Magic Lantern Slide: Hymn - Rock of Ages
This slide contains the music and words for the popular Victorian Christian hymn ‘Rock of Ages’ which was inspired by the author’s sheltering among the rocks of Burrington Combe, Somerset, during a storm. It is part of a private collection of magic lantern slides donated to the museum in 1981, many of which contain Christian messages or images.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 106/1981/2/21
- Collection Class
- Social and industrial history
- Material
- glasspaperphotographic emulsion
- Common Name
- Magic Lantern Slide: Hymn - Rock of Ages
- Simple Name
- slide
- Period Classification
- Victorian (1837-1901); Edwardian (1901-1914)
