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Colour Photograph (Autochrome Lantern Slide) of a Garden and Buildings, by Henry Minn, Dated 1904 but Probably c.1908

Inventory Number 25623


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.25623

Item type
Object
Provenance
Presented by Henry Minn in 1928.
Primary inscriptions
MS labels by Henry Minn: 'This is one of the first plates exposed in this country' and 'Lumiere Process. 1904 HM'
Physical material
Glass
Paper
Dimensions
Height: 81mm Width: 81mm
Inventory No
25623
Accession Number
1928-74/part

Description

Autochrome glass lantern slide, with labels written and initialled by Henry Minn. Part of a garden and buildings, presumably Cassington Manor, near Oxford (Minn's home). The date '1904' is too early (the autochrome process was placed on the market in 1907), Minn was perhaps writing from memory upon presenting it to the Museum in 1928. It was displayed in the Museum for many years, which accounts for the paleness.