Magic Lantern Slide: Illustrations of Christian rites - Baptism
The image in this slide is a photograph of a book illustration and shows the Christian sacrament of baptism. The priest is making the sign of the cross on the baby’s forehead using holy water from the font, and they are surrounded by family and friends. The slide is part of a collection containing Christian messages and images which was donated to the museum in 1981.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 106/1981/2/7
- Collection Class
- Social and industrial history
- Material
- glasspaperphotographic emulsion
- Common Name
- Magic Lantern Slide: Illustrations of Christian rites - Baptism
- Simple Name
- slide
- Period Classification
- Victorian (1837-1901); Edwardian (1901-1914)
