Summary
Note: This object includes derogatory human depictions and white superiority messaging. Such depictions are not condoned by Museums Victoria which considers them to be racist. Historical distance and context do not excuse or erase this fact.
Lantern slide depicting the meeting between David Livingstone and Henry Morton Stanley. It is part of an incomplete set of 40 slides, two are missing, illustrating highlights from Livingstone's life and travels. These slides were manufactured by the London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company for The London Missionary Society, circa 1900.
Dr. David Livingstone (1813-1873) spent thirty years in Africa as a missionary and explorer. He was the first European to cross Africa and to find Victoria Falls.
The meeting between Livingstone and Stanley in the town of Ujiji on the shores of Lake Tanganyika gave rise to the well known phrase 'Dr Livingstone I presume' which Stanley is said to have uttered on 'finding' Livingstone in late 1871.
Description of Content
Image of a man in white clothing doffing his hat to another man. First Nations people and a hut in background. One has an American flag over his right shoulder. The image is of the journalist Henry Morton Stanley, who worked for the New York Herald, meeting with Dr. David Livingstone, the African missionary.
Physical Description
Standard format colour Lantern Slide edged with black tape with number in top left corner.
More Information
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Acquisition Information
Loan & Subsequent Donation from Australian Film Institute (AFI), Mr David Francis, by Nov 1990
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Manufacturer
The London Stereoscopic Company, London, England, Great Britain, circa 1900
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Manufactured For
London Missionary Society, London, England, Great Britain, circa 1900
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Person Depicted
Reverend Dr David Livingstone, Ujiji, Tanzania, 10 Nov 1871
Livingstone recorded the date of their meeting as 28 October 1871 -
Place & Date Depicted
Sir Henry M. Stanley, Ujiji, Tanzania, 10 Nov 1871
Livingstone recorded the date of their meeting as 28 October 1871 -
Format
Lantern Slide, Standard (3¼ in. x 3¼ in.), Colour
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Inscriptions
In white circle in top left corner of slide: 33
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Type of item
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Overall Dimensions
82 mm (Width), 82 mm (Height)
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Keywords
Lantern Slides, Missionaries, Exploration, African Exploration, Christian Endeavour, Colonialism, Racism, Slavery
