Magic Lantern Slide: Corbel, Polsloe Priory

This slide presents one of the three nunneries that exist in the Devon and Cornwall area, this is one of the few nunneries that have had extensive work and fabric surveying. The history of the priory is closely connected with the history of the City of Exeter and the cathedral and this was taken between the 19th and 20th century.

William Weaver Baker was a keen local amateur photographer and his collection of lantern slides offer a rare glimpse of Exeter and the surrounding area in the early twentieth century.

Object Summary

Accession Loan No.
313/1977/106
Collection Class
Social and industrial history
Collection Area Region
Northern Europe
Material
glasspaperphotographic emulsion
Common Name
Magic Lantern Slide: Corbel, Polsloe Priory
Simple Name
slide
Inscription Transcription
handwritten 'CORBEL Polsloe' on top edge; handwritten 'Corbel / Polsloe Priory.' on mount
Period Classification
Edwardian (1901-1914); World War I (1914-1918); Inter War (1918-1939)
Production Country
United Kingdom
Production Person Initials
W. Weaver
Production Person Surname
Baker

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Lantern Slide: Corbel, Polsloe Priory