Magic Lantern Slide: Hand Spinning (1750)
- Description
- This image is part of lecture set on the topic of Samuel Crompton and the cotton industry. The slides originally belonged to John Crabtree, who was HM Inspector of Factories. This image shows part of the domestic processing of cotton into fibres using a spinning wheel in the year 1750.
- Accession Loan No.
- 118/1934/241
- Collection Class
- Social and industrial history
- Common Name
- Magic Lantern Slide: Hand Spinning (1750)
- Simple Name
- slide
- Full Name
- Lantern Slide: Hand Spinning (1750)
- Dimensions
- whole width 83 mm; whole H 83 mm; whole TH 2.5 mm
- Production Person Surname
- Crabtree
- Production Person Initials
- John H.
- Period Classification
- Victorian (1837-1901); Edwardian (1901-1914); World War I (1914-1918)
- Production Year Low
- 1863
- Production Year High
- 1924
- Production Country
- United Kingdom
- Production Area Region
- North
- Production Continent
- Europe
- Family Group
- Material
- glass; paper; photographic emulsion
- Inscription / Transcription
- handwritten '8.' on corner label; handwritten 'Hand Spinning (1750)' on mount
