Wood-Framed Lantern Slide (Hand-Painted) of the Wailing Wall, Jerusalem, from the Royal Polytechnic Institution, London, c.1860 | |||||||||||
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| Inventory Number: | 14800 | ||||||||||
| Object Type: | Object | ||||||||||
| Subject Classification(s): | Magic lanterns Photography | ||||||||||
| Accession Number: | 1944-1 | ||||||||||
| Primary Inscriptions: | Manuscript caption on frame, longitudinally trimmed but probably reading 'The Jews' Wailing Wall'. Manuscript label: '6 | No-4', and pencilled numbers 6 and 48. | ||||||||||
| Provenance: | Purchased from R. S. Clay in 1944. Part of the Clay Collection. The Royal Polytechnic slides were sold by auction in 1882. They were made for projection at the Royal Polytechnic Institution, Regent Street, London, open 1838-1876, whose shows were the most spectacular magic lantern shows ever staged. | ||||||||||
| Collection Group: | Clay Collection | ||||||||||
| Material(s): |
Wood Glass Paint Paper metal | ||||||||||
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