Magic Lantern Slide: Caravanserai, Bisitun [Behistun]
- Description
- This photograph by Alfred Rowden was taken on part of the silk road though Iran. It shows the ancient ruins of a ‘caravanserai’, which was a place for traders to rest whilst on the journey. Rowden calls this site Bisitun but it is more commonly known as Behistun, and is now a World Heritage Site. Rowden was in Mesopotamia during the First World War and was not sent home until 1919 or 1920. He photographed scenes like this to record his experiences.
- Accession Loan No.
- 45/1960/95/1105
- Collection Class
- Social and industrial history
- Common Name
- Magic Lantern Slide: Caravanserai, Bisitun [Behistun]
- Simple Name
- slide
- Full Name
- Lantern Slide: Caravanserai, Bisitun
- Dimensions
- whole width 83 mm; whole H 83 mm; whole TH 2.5 mm
- Production Person Surname
- Rowden
- Production Person Initials
- A.O.
- Period Classification
- World War I (1914-1918); Inter War (1918-1939)
- Production Date
- 1920
- Production Country
- United Kingdom
- Production Area Region
- North
- Production Continent
- Europe
- Family Group
-
- Material
- glass; paper; photographic emulsion
- Inscription / Transcription
- handwritten 'M 790 Bisitun C.' on top edge; handwritten 'Caravanserai. Bisitun. / A.O. Rowden / Pag. Trans. M/790 H.Q.Br' on masking strips
