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Colour Photograph (Autochrome Lantern Slide) of a Cottage by a Lane, Probably by Henry Minn, Early 20th Century

Inventory Number 47031


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.47031

Item type
Object
Provenance
Bequeathed by Henry Minn in 1961. Pencil label on the box records: "Bequest of J. H. H. Minn".
Physical material
Glass
Paper
Dimensions
Height: 83mm Width: 83mm
Inventory No
47031
Accession Number
1961-137/part

Description

Autochrome glass transparency, lantern slide format. The plate is dark, has randomly distributed colour-screen grains, and shows a coating pattern of parallel lines on one side. Thatched cottage beside a track or lane (looks like Wytham, near Oxford).