Wood-Framed Lantern Slide (Hand-Painted) of "Mountains in Borneo", from the Royal Polytechnic Institution, London, c.1860 | |||||||||||
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| Inventory Number: | 14801 | ||||||||||
| Object Type: | Object | ||||||||||
| Subject Classification(s): | Magic lanterns Photography | ||||||||||
| Accession Number: | 1944-1 | ||||||||||
| Primary Inscriptions: | Manuscript label: 'Mountains in Borneo' (written over an earlier manuscript caption). Various numbers including 6 and 10. | ||||||||||
| 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 metal adhesive tape Paper ink | ||||||||||
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