A microscope slide prepared for showing with a lantern projection microscope
Category
Photographic technology
Date
Unknown
Materials
Glass
Measurements
77 x 28 x 1 mm
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Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1525090.5
Summary
A microscope slide prepared for showing with a lantern projection microscope. The slide is made of glass, with the subject in the centre beneath a thin glass cover. A printed paper label to the right of the subject identifies the preparer of the slide "C. Marchand, Preparateur, Rue Censier, 16ter, a Paris". A label to the left identifies the subject in handwriting (hard to decipher).
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