Box of 12 coloured lantern slides of the story of Robinson Crusoe
Category
Photographs
Date
1880 - 1911
Materials
Cardboard, Glass, Paper
Measurements
95 x 100 x 50 mm
Collection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1520817
Summary
A box of 12 coloured lithographic glass lantern slides of the story of Robinson Crusoe. Cardboard box containing: "12 Superior English Made Lantern Slides, 3¼ x 3¼" Handwritten on the box is "Robinson Crusoe 1st", denoting that this is the manufacturer's first series version of lantern slides depicting Robinson Crusoe. Coloured lithographic slides, probably manufactured and retailed by John Theobald & Co. (see General Note).
Provenance
Part of the Fenton Collection. A gift from British Film Institute in 2017. From 1986-1999, part of BFI collection for the Museum of the Moving Image. BFI purchased collection in 1986 from James Fenton's Museum of Photography, Port Erin, Isle of Man 1976-1986.