Magic Lantern Slide: Kitten Set No. 1
This lantern slide shows a small kitten that will be featured in this small cat collection sitting on a wooden stand, this is part of Bakers collection that was acquired in 1977. The clothing of the woman suggests a 1920s era, this slide is in Bakers set of kitten studies.
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.
- 313/1977/87
- Collection Class
- Social and industrial history
- Collection Area Region
- Northern Europe
- Material
- glasspaperphotographic emulsion
- Common Name
- Magic Lantern Slide: Kitten Set No. 1
- Simple Name
- slide
- Inscription Transcription
- handwritten 'Kitten Set No 1.' 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
