Magic Lantern Slide: Cat study no. 6 (Xmas card)
This lantern slide shows a multicoloured cat in frame with a seasonal message written on a small frame on an easel, this is part of his mini collection of cat slides that was donated to the museum in 1977.
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.
- 313/1977/86
- Collection Class
- Social and industrial history
- Collection Area Region
- Northern Europe
- Material
- glasspaperphotographic emulsion
- Common Name
- Magic Lantern Slide: Cat study no. 6 (Xmas card)
- Simple Name
- slide
- Inscription Transcription
- handwritten 'CAT XMAS CARD' on top edge; handwritten 'Cat Study No.6. (Xmas Card)' 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
