Magic Lantern Slide: Boletus subtomentosus
Alfred Rowden was a keen amateur photographer and natural historian in Exeter. He often gave talks at local field clubs, illustrated with magic lantern slides that he created or purchased from commercial manufacturers. He was especially interested in birds and often visited Stoke Woods, on the outskirts of Exeter, to study nature. This photograph records a specimen of the mushroom Xerocomus subtomentosus growing in the wild.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 45/1960/95/227
- Collection Class
- Social and industrial history
- Material
- glasspaperphotographic emulsion
- Common Name
- Magic Lantern Slide: Boletus subtomentosus
- Simple Name
- slide
- Inscription Transcription
- handwritten title [faded, illegible] on top edge; handwritten 'Boletus subtomentosus Jy.10.27 / A.O. Rowden / S.C.P. Z.341 M.Q.2' on masking strips
- Period Classification
- Inter War (1918-1939)
- Production Country
- United Kingdom
- Production Date
- 10/7/1927
- Production Person Initials
- A.O.
- Production Person Surname
- Rowden
