Magic Lantern Slide: Exeter Misericord
- 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 plants and human faces. Weaver Baker’s collection forms an early and detailed photographic record of Exeter Cathedral and other historic buildings in the city.
- Accession Loan No.
- 322/1977/34
- Collection Class
- Social and industrial history
- Common Name
- Magic Lantern Slide: Exeter Misericord
- Simple Name
- slide
- Full Name
- Lantern Slide: Exeter Misericord
- 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 '34' on label at top corner; handwritten 'Exeter Misericord' on mount
