Magic Lantern Slide: West front of the Parthenon
This slide is part of a commercially-made set of magic lantern slides on the topic of ‘Athens and the Piraeus’. This slide shows the west front of the Parthenon in Athens, Greece. There are two copies of this slide in RAMM’s collection.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 318/1977/5
- Collection Class
- Social and industrial history
- Material
- glasspaperphotographic emulsion
- Common Name
- Magic Lantern Slide: West front of the Parthenon
- Simple Name
- slide
- Inscription Transcription
- printed title label on top edge; printed '10', 'Athens and the Piraeus.' on labels on mount
- Period Classification
- Victorian (1837-1901)
- Production Town
- London
- Production Country
- United Kingdom
- Production Date
- 1893
- Production Person Surname
- John Wrench & Son
