Magic Lantern Slide: Drinker Moth, Odonestis potatoria
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 recorded scenery and wildlife specimens around Devon. Alfred has hand-painted this black and white photograph to represent the colours of the moth and foliage.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 45/1960/95/325
- Collection Class
- Social and industrial history
- Material
- glasspaperphotographic emulsionpigment
- Common Name
- Magic Lantern Slide: Drinker Moth, Odonestis potatoria
- Simple Name
- slide
- Inscription Transcription
- handwritten 'Drinker Moth Odonestis potatoria / Jy.23.32 [all faded] / S.C.P. Z.614 M.Q.1' on masking strips
- Period Classification
- Inter War (1918-1939)
- Production Country
- United Kingdom
- Production Person Initials
- A.O.
- Production Person Surname
- Rowden
- Production Year Low
- 1924
- Production Year High
- 1941
