Magic Lantern Slide: Illustrations of Christian rites - Baptism
- Description
- The image in this slide is a photograph of a book illustration and shows the Christian sacrament of baptism. The priest is making the sign of the cross on the baby’s forehead using holy water from the font, and they are surrounded by family and friends. The slide is part of a collection containing Christian messages and images which was donated to the museum in 1981.
- Accession Loan No.
- 106/1981/2/7
- Collection Class
- Social and industrial history
- Common Name
- Magic Lantern Slide: Illustrations of Christian rites - Baptism
- Simple Name
- slide
- Full Name
- Lantern Slide: Baptism
- Dimensions
- whole width 83 mm; whole H 83 mm; whole TH 2.5 mm
- Period Classification
- Victorian (1837-1901); Edwardian (1901-1914)
- Production Area Region
- North
- Production Continent
- Europe
- Family Group
- Material
- glass; paper; photographic emulsion
