Lyrics of the hymn "Art thou weary, art thou languid" by John M. Neale (1862).
Category
Photographs
Date
1862 - 1910
Materials
Glass, Paper
Measurements
83 x 83 x 3 mm
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1521258
Summary
A monochrome photolithographic glass lantern slide of the lyrics of the hymn "Art thou weary, art thou languid" by John M. Neale (1862). There is a decorative border surrounding the words, with ivy leaves, and a background design at the edges, of flowers/foliage. Two sheets of glass, 83 mm x 83 mm, one which has the image on one side and the other a cover glass. There is black paper tape binding around the edges to hold the whole slide together. Between the two glass sheets is a circular black paper mask. There are two round white labels on the mask on the right.
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.