Lantern Slide

This material is held atUniversity of Manchester Library

  • Reference
    • GB 133 BLS/13
  • Dates of Creation
    • n.d.
  • Physical Description
    • cracked

Scope and Content

Typed top edge label states: "Faithfulness of car[rier]".

Handwritten label across the bottom of the slide : Carrying the body to the coast".

Scene consists of African natives carrying Livingstone's body, attached to a long pole which is balanced on their shoulders. The scene is signed 'Ernest Prater' at the bottom.

This slide is from a set of slides on 'The Life and Work of David Livingstone' produced by the London Missionary Society around 1900.