Magic Lantern Slide: 'By the waters of Babylon'
This photograph by Alfred Oliver Rowden shows a river near the ancient site of Babylon. Rowden was in Mesopotamia during the First World War and was not sent home until 1919 or 1920. He visited several archaeological and historical sites and photographed them to record his experiences.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 45/1960/95/1006
- Collection Class
- Social and industrial history
- Material
- glasspaperphotographic emulsion
- Common Name
- Magic Lantern Slide: 'By the waters of Babylon'
- Simple Name
- slide
- Inscription Transcription
- handwritten 'V.589 'By waters of Babylon' on top edge; handwritten ''By the waters of Babylon' / R. Euphrates. / A.O. Rowden / S.C.P. 589' on masking strips
- Period Classification
- World War I (1914-1918); Inter War (1918-1939)
- Production Country
- United Kingdom
- Production Date
- 1920
- Production Person Initials
- A.O.
- Production Person Surname
- Rowden