Magic Lantern Slide: Misericord: Decoration from mask. Exeter
This image is from a collection of glass lantern slides created by Mr Weaver Baker in 1911. It shows one of the medieval misericord seats in Exeter Cathedral carved in the form of a plant with leaves sprouting from the mouth of an animal. Weaver Baker’s collection forms an early and detailed photographic record of Exeter Cathedral and other historic buildings in the city.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 322/1977/29
- Category
- Antiquities
- Collection Class
- Social and industrial history
- Collection Area Region
- Northern Europe
- Collector Excavator
- Weaver Baker, W, Mr
- Material
- glasspaperphotographic emulsion
- Common Name
- Magic Lantern Slide: Misericord: Decoration from mask. Exeter
- Simple Name
- slide
- Inscription Transcription
- handwritten '90' on top edge; handwritten '29' on label at top corner; handwritten 'Misericord: Decoration from mask. Exeter' on mount; printed 'Photographed by W. Weaver Baker' on label on mount
- Period Classification
- Early Medieval (1200-1400); Edwardian (1901-1914)
- Production Country
- United Kingdom
- Production Date
- 1911; 1911
- Production Person Initials
- W. Weaver
- Production Person Surname
- Baker
