Magic Lantern Slide: Flower Studies - Pappus of Goats Beard

This photographic slide by William Weaver Baker is a study of a type of grass known as Goats Beard, recording the structure after the seeds have been dispersed. Weaver Baker was a keen amateur photographer and produced sets of slides on different themes, this slide being part of a set of 52 flower and plant images.

Object Summary

Accession Loan No.
316/1977/21
Collection Class
Social and industrial history
Collector Excavator
Weaver Baker, Mr
Material
glasspaperphotographic emulsion
Common Name
Magic Lantern Slide: Flower Studies - Pappus of Goats Beard
Simple Name
slide
Inscription Transcription
handwritten slide title 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: Pappus of Goats Beard