Magic Lantern Slide: Red Grouse Nest and Eggs, Grimspound, Dartmoor
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 recorded specimens across Devon, such as this example at an archaeological site on Dartmoor.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 45/1960/95/354
- Collection Class
- Social and industrial history
- Material
- glasspaperphotographic emulsion
- Common Name
- Magic Lantern Slide: Red Grouse Nest and Eggs, Grimspound, Dartmoor
- Simple Name
- slide
- Inscription Transcription
- Illegible faded slide title on top edge; Handwritten 'Red Grouse [? -- faded] Nest & Eggs / Grimspound Dartmoor My.14.40' on masking strip at top; 'A.O. Rowden / made Mch.7.41 X' on masking strip at right; 'Ilf. Gas Z.743 Wm.4' on masking
- Period Classification
- World War II (1939-1945)
- Production Country
- United Kingdom
- Production Date
- 7/3/1941
- Production Person Initials
- A.O.
- Production Person Surname
- Rowden
