Magic Lantern Slide: In Lydford Gorge (a chasm)
This magic lantern slide shows Lydford Gorge, the deepest gorge in the South West. Part of the Weaver Baker collection acquired in 1977, the image captures the scenery in a dark and artistic light.
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.
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.
- 313/1977/8
- Collection Class
- Social and industrial history
- Collection Area Region
- Northern Europe
- Material
- glasspaperphotographic emulsion
- Common Name
- Magic Lantern Slide: In Lydford Gorge (a chasm)
- Simple Name
- slide
- Inscription Transcription
- handwritten 'In Lydford Gorge -- (a chasm) 1911' on label 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
- Production Year Low
- 1908
- Production Year High
- 1937
