Magic Lantern Slide: Doll Series - The Servant
- Description
- William Weaver Baker and his wife Lily were keen amateur photographers who lived in Exeter for much of their married life. This slide is part of a set they created probably around the years 1910-1915 which features dolls in costumes and scenarios. This tableau composition is taken from a theatrical style with actors in static poses, which was adopted by photographers in Victorian and Edwardian England. This image shows a female doll dressed as a servant.
- Accession Loan No.
- 313/1977/226
- Collection Class
- Social and industrial history
- Common Name
- Magic Lantern Slide: Doll Series - The Servant
- Simple Name
- slide
- Full Name
- Lantern Slide: The Servant
- Dimensions
- whole width 83 mm; whole H 83 mm; whole TH 2.5 mm
- Production Person Surname
- Baker
- Production Person Initials
- W. Weaver
- Period Classification
- Edwardian (1901-1914); World War I (1914-1918); Inter War (1918-1939)
- Production Country
- United Kingdom
- Production Area Region
- North
- Production Continent
- Europe
- Family Group
- Material
- glass; paper; photographic emulsion
- Inscription / Transcription
- handwritten 'The Servant. Doll Series.' on mount
