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Photographic Religious Slide of Christ's Eucharist by Newton & Co', London, English, c. 1880

Inventory Number 55996


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.55996

Item type
Object
Provenance
Presented by Eric Gordon
Primary inscriptions
Triangular printed label: 'MAKERS/NEWTON & Co./3, FLEET ST. LONDON.'; second triangular printed label: 'COPIED/BY/PERMISSION/OF THE/BERLIN PHOTOGRAPHIC Co.'. Ink inscription on edge: 'Revd. J.C. Taylor'
Physical material
Wood
Paint
Glass
Paper
Dimensions
Height: 11mm Width: 180mm Depth: 103mm Weight: 103g
Inventory No
55996
Accession Number
1979-2

Description

One of a Group of sixteen slides of Old and New Testament Subjects, of which two are by Newton & Co., copyright of Berlin. In chest Photographic Co.

The image depicts Christ glowing while sitting at a table, a man is on his knees in the for ground while another stands behind the table.