Magic Lantern Slide: Bricked up former doorway into Palace of Nebuchadnezzar, Babylon
This photograph by Alfred Oliver Rowden shows the historic site of Babylon, featuring the site of Nebuchadnezzar’s palace. 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.
- 45/1960/95/1010
- Collection Class
- Social and industrial history
- Material
- glasspaperphotographic emulsion
- Common Name
- Magic Lantern Slide: Bricked up former doorway into Palace of Nebuchadnezzar, Babylon
- Simple Name
- slide
- Inscription Transcription
- handwritten 'M 593 Palace Ent' on top edge; handwritten 'Bricked up former doorway into Palace of Nebuchadnezzar. Babylon. / A.O. Rowden / S.C.P. 593' 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