Magic Lantern Slide: Misericord. Exeter. E. English. 1220-1230
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. 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.
- 322/1977/6
- 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. Exeter. E. English. 1220-1230
- Simple Name
- slide
- Inscription Transcription
- handwritten '57' on top edge; handwritten '6' on label at top corner; handwritten 'Misericord. Exeter. E. English. 1220-1230' 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
- Production Year Low
- 1220
- Production Year High
- 1230
