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

Lantern Slide with black and white photograph of a Middle Kingdom rock-cut tomb at Beni Hassan.
Image shows two-columned portico of tomb entrance and part of the hill. Male person (guard), wearing tradidional costume sitting in front of entrance against wall.
Series label ‘A Thousand Miles up the Nile’; photographer’s initials ‘G. W. W.’
Handwritten label ’29. Grotto at Beni Hassan.’

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

Object details

  • Reference: BOLMG:1989.87.8
  • Material: film glass
  • Culture: British
  • Period: 20th century
  • Dated: AD 1900s
  • Object name: glass lantern slide
  • Dimensions: Length: 85mm , Width: 85mm , Depth: 3mm