An old man relates the story of Robinson Crusoe.
Category
Photographs
Date
1880 - 1911
Materials
Glass, Paper
Measurements
82 x 82 x 3 mm
Collection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1520817.1
Summary
A coloured lithographic glass lantern slide, No. 1 of 12 in a series depicting the story of Robinson Crusoe. Probably manufactured and retailed by J Theobald & Co. of London. The image is of an old man, seated, relating a story to a younger man, standing. There are two inset images, one of a ship and the other of a man by the shore. The image is in a narrow black square frame with rounded corners and has narrow black paper edges. In the top right corner is a small clear circular area with the number 1 written inside in black.
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.