Magic Lantern Slide: Nest of Vespa norvegica in gooseberry bush
This photographic magic lantern slide was created by Alfred Rowden, an amateur photographer from Exeter. 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.
- 45/1960/95/591
- Collection Class
- Social and industrial history
- Material
- glasspaperphotographic emulsion
- Common Name
- Magic Lantern Slide: Nest of Vespa norvegica in gooseberry bush
- Simple Name
- slide
- Inscription Transcription
- handwritten 'E 429 Nest Vespa norvegica E 429' on top edge; handwritten 'Nest of Vespa norvegica in gooseberry bush / Aug.7.16 A.O. Rowden / E.429' on binding strips
- Period Classification
- World War I (1914-1918)
- Production Country
- United Kingdom
- Production Person Initials
- A.O.
- Production Person Surname
- Rowden
- Production Year Low
- 7/8/1916
