Magic Lantern Slide: Paris. Arc de Triomphe

Description

This slide by William Weaver Baker shows the Arc de Triomphe. It is one of a set of slides of Paris created by Baker, probably around the year 1900 with the Exposition Universelle. The Arc de Triomphe was a monument of victory and remembrance for those who died for France in the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. The Arc stands at 50m high, the scale of which is shown by the carriage and horse and carts driving beneath.

Accession Loan No.

313/1977/245

Collection Class

Social and industrial history

Common Name

Magic Lantern Slide: Paris. Arc de Triomphe

Simple Name

slide

Full Name

Lantern Slide: Paris. Arc de Triomphe

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

Victorian (1837-1901)

Production Year Low

1900

Production Country

United Kingdom

Production Area Region

North

Production Continent

Europe

Family Group



Material

glass; paper; photographic emulsion

Inscription / Transcription

handwritten 'ARC DE TRIOMPE[sic]' on top edge; handwritten 'Paris Arc de Triompe.[sic]' on mount