Wood-Framed Lantern Slide (Hand-Painted) of an excavation at Nineveh, by Carpenter and Westley, London

Subject: Photography; Magic lanterns
Item type: Object
Provenance: Presumed to be part of the Clay Collection, as contained within the same crate as other Clay Collection lantern slides. Unlike the other Clay Collection slides, this is not known to have been associated with the Royal Polytechnic Institution.
Primary inscriptions: "Entrance Passage Nineveh" "45" "Carpenter & Westley 24 Regent St London"
Physical material: Wood; metal; Glass; Paper
Object type: Lantern slide
Dimensions: Height: 94mm Width: 175mm Weight: 123g
Inventory No: 15421
Accession Number: 1944-1

Description

Circular glass plate in rectangular wooden frame. Shows a figure asleep or resting in a subterranean passage, with reliefs carved on the walls.