Magic Lantern Slide: Nest of Vespa vulgaris -- exposed

Description

This photographic magic lantern slide was created by Alfred Rowden, an amateur photographer from Exeter. During the First World War he continued his hobbies of photography and nature study and often visited Stoke Woods, near Exeter and other places upstream in the Exe Valley. Alfred was very interested in the different structures of nests, as shown by this wasp’s nest.

Accession Loan No.

45/1960/95/558

Collection Class

Social and industrial history

Common Name

Magic Lantern Slide: Nest of Vespa vulgaris -- exposed

Simple Name

slide

Full Name

Lantern Slide: Nest of Vespa vulgaris -- exposed

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)

Production Year Low

12/9/1915

Production Country

United Kingdom

Production Area Region

North

Production Continent

Europe

Family Group



Material

glass; paper; photographic emulsion

Inscription / Transcription

handwritten 'E 354 Wasp Nest V. vulgaris E 354' on top edge; handwritten 'Nest of Vespa vulgaris -- exposed / Sep.12.15 A.O. Rowden / Pag. E 354' on masking and binding strips