Magic Lantern Slide: A Panel of the Fireplace at 171 Fore Street, Exeter
This photographic image by William Weaver Baker records a detail of the fireplace in 171 Fore Street, which was one of Exeter’s finest historic buildings. The ornately carved fireplace no longer survives, and this image is a rare survival of its appearance, although similar items are now in the museum’s collection. Weaver Baker was very interested in historic architecture, and recorded many sites in Exeter and beyond.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 313/1977/573
- Collection Class
- Social and industrial history
- Material
- glasspaperphotographic emulsion
- Common Name
- Magic Lantern Slide: A Panel of the Fireplace at 171 Fore Street, Exeter
- Simple Name
- slide
- Inscription Transcription
- handwritten 'FIREPLACE FORE STREET' on top edge; handwritten 'A Panel of the Fireplace at 171 Fore St. Exeter' 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
