Supporting material glass lantern slide from Nubia Sudan dated AD 1900s

Lantern Slide with black and white photograph of a mudbrick living complex and the Mahdi’s tomb. Mudbrick walls form small spaces in an open courtyard next to a small single-storey building. In the background some walls surround the ruins of the Mahdi’s tomb. Some people are visible, dressed in traditional clothing.
Location: Omdurman, Sudan
Label ‘View of the Mahdi’s Tomb’

Supporting material glass lantern slide from Nubia Sudan dated AD 1900s

Object details

  • Reference: BOLMG:1989.87.65
  • Material: film glass
  • Period: 20th century
  • Dated: AD 1900s
  • Object name: glass lantern slide
  • Dimensions: Length: 8.5 cm , Width: 8.5 cm