Magic Lantern Slide: Misericord: Decoration -- Exeter Cathedral
- Description
- This image is from a collection of glass lantern slides created by Mr Weaver Baker in 1911. It shows one of the medieval misericord seats in Exeter Cathedral carved in the form of a plant with leaves. Weaver Baker’s collection forms an early and detailed photographic record of Exeter Cathedral and other historic buildings in the city.
- Accession Loan No.
- 322/1977/21
- Collection Class
- Social and industrial history
- Common Name
- Magic Lantern Slide: Misericord: Decoration -- Exeter Cathedral
- Simple Name
- slide
- Full Name
- Lantern Slide: Misericord: Decoration -- Exeter Cathedral
- Dimensions
- whole W 83 mm; whole H 83 mm; whole TH 2.5 mm
- Production Person Surname
- Baker
- Production Person Initials
- W. Weaver
- Period Classification
- Early Medieval (1200-1400); Edwardian (1901-1914)
- Production Date
- 1911; 1911
- Production Country
- United Kingdom
- Production Area Region
- North
- Production Continent
- Europe
- Family Group
- Material
- glass; paper; photographic emulsion
- Collector / Excavator
- Weaver Baker, W, Mr
- Collection Town
- Exeter
- Collection County
- Devon
- Collection Country
- United Kingdom: England
- Collection Area Region
- Northern Europe
- Collection Continent
- Europe
- Inscription / Transcription
- handwritten '82' on top edge; handwritten '21' on label at top corner; handwritten 'Misericord: Decoration -- Exeter Cathedral' on mount; printed 'Photographed by W. Weaver Baker' on label on mount
