Summary
Lantern Slide of a woman crossing a small chasm in an ice cave. From around 1880 this format of photographic lantern slide came to dominate slide production.
This lantern slide is part of the Francis Collection of pre-cinematic apparatus and ephemera, acquired by the Australian and Victorian Governments in 1975. David Francis was the curator of the National Film and Sound Archive of the British Film Institute as well as being a co-founder of the Museum of the Moving Image in London, which was operational between 1988 and 1999.
Description of Content
A woman crossing a small chasm in an ice cave.
Physical Description
Standard format (3¼ x 3¼ inch square) lantern slide, comprising black & white photograph printed on glass with brown paper edging under a protective glass cover plate.
More Information
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Collection Names
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Collecting Areas
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Acquisition Information
Loan & Subsequent Donation from Australian Film Institute (AFI), Mr David Francis, by Nov 1990
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Collector
Mr David Francis, London, Middlesex, England, Great Britain, 1990
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Format
Lantern Slide, Standard (3¼ in. x 3¼ in.), Black & White
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Classification
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Type of item
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Overall Dimensions
82 mm (Width), 82 mm (Height)
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References
[Chapter] Barnes, John. Classification of Magic Lantern Slides for Cataloguing and Documentation, in Crompton, Dennis, et al. Magic Images: The Art of Hand-Painted and Photographic Lantern Slides. 75-84.
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Keywords
Caves, Lantern Slides, Outdoor Life, Recreation Activities, Winter Sports
