Magic Lantern Slide: Coltsfoot (Tussilago Farfara)

This photographic magic lantern slide was created by Alfred Rowden, an amateur photographer from Exeter. The yellow details were hand-painted onto on the slide. He has hand-coloured details During the First World War he continued his hobbies of photography and nature study and often visited Stoke Woods, near Exeter and other places upstream in the Exe Valley.

Object Summary

Accession Loan No.
45/1960/95/507
Collection Class
Social and industrial history
Material
glasspaperphotographic emulsionpigment
Common Name
Magic Lantern Slide: Coltsfoot (Tussilago Farfara)
Simple Name
slide
Inscription Transcription
handwritten 'E 245 Coltsfoot E 245' on top edge; handwritten 'Coltsfoot (Tussilago Farfara) Mch.20.15 / Mch.20.15 / A.O. Rowden / P.R.L. E.245 M.Q.1' on masking strips
Period Classification
World War I (1914-1918)
Production Country
United Kingdom
Production Person Initials
A.O.
Production Person Surname
Rowden
Production Year Low
20/3/1915

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Lantern Slide: Coltsfoot (Tussilago Farfara)