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Photograph (Wood-Framed Lantern Slide, Albumen on Glass): Dissolving View of Gillingham Church, Night, 19th Century

Inventory Number 66155


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.66155

Item type
Object
Provenance
Probably transferred from the Pitt Rivers Museum. Belonged latterly to Beatrice Blackwood, who was given them by Professor Arthur Thomson. They may have belonged to his father, John Thomson RN.
Primary inscriptions
MS label: '2. Gillingham Church. (Night)'.
Other inscriptions
Museum MS label on box: 'TRANSPARENCIES Belonged to Professor Arthur Thomson, given by him to B. Blackwood.'.
Physical material
Wood
Paper
Glass
Object type
Lantern slide
Dimensions
Height: 179mm Width: 101mm Depth: 10mm Weight: 97g
Inventory No
66155

Description

View of Gillingham Church and churchyard, coloured dark blue, with artificial moon and stars.

One of pair with 22963 (daytime). One of 8 wood-framed lantern slides and a stereoscopic transparency which belonged to Arthur Thomson, together in a card box. Numbered "2".