Magic Lantern Slide: The Pilgrims in view of the Celestial City
The Pilgrim’s Progress was written in 1678 and was very popular in Victorian England for its Christian message. The slides were shown while a narrator told the story, often using a printed script. This version comprises both hand-drawn images of scenes from the story, and hand-coloured photographs of costumed actors.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 312/1977/61
- Collection Class
- Social and industrial history
- Material
- glasspaperphotographic emulsionpigment
- Common Name
- Magic Lantern Slide: The Pilgrims in view of the Celestial City
- Simple Name
- slide
- Inscription Transcription
- printed title on label on top edge; printed 'Pilgrim's Progress', '37' on labels on mount
- Period Classification
- Victorian (1837-1901)
- Production Town
- London
- Production Country
- United Kingdom
- Production Person Surname
- York & Son
- Production Year High
- 1888
