COLLECTION NAME: MAGIC LANTERN SLIDE
OBJECT DETAILS
Object ID: ML031
Description: BELL ROCK LIGHTHOUSE GLASGOW EXHIBITION SCOTLAND (International Exhibition of Science, Art and Industry held between May and November 1888).
Date Made: C1888
Artist/Maker: -
Place Made: Glasgow
Materials: GLASS SLIDE
Measurements: 3.5" x 3.5"
Parts:PHOTOGRAPHY
Gallery Location: Not Currently On Display
People/Provenance: INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION OF SCIENCE, ART AND INDUSTRY 1988 GLASGOW. STEVEN AND STRUTHERS COMPANY LIMITED GLASGOW
Description: BELL ROCK LIGHTHOUSE GLASGOW EXHIBITION SCOTLAND (International Exhibition of Science, Art and Industry held between May and November 1888).
Date Made: C1888
Artist/Maker: -
Place Made: Glasgow
Materials: GLASS SLIDE
Measurements: 3.5" x 3.5"
Parts:PHOTOGRAPHY
Gallery Location: Not Currently On Display
People/Provenance: INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION OF SCIENCE, ART AND INDUSTRY 1988 GLASGOW. STEVEN AND STRUTHERS COMPANY LIMITED GLASGOW
Credit: Following The Lights Collection
Lighthouse at Glasgow Exhibition named the Bell Rock Lighthouse. c1888
FACT SHEET
The lighthouse in the image above was constructed as a marketing stand No1084 in Kelvingrove Park Glasgow in 1888. Between May and November the international event attracted business and public from all around the world. Steven and Struthers Glasgow were engineers to the admiralty and constructed brass propellers for ships as well as many other items, closing in 1961.
For the exhibition Royal Doulton created a fountain that still exists in Glasgow today and is the largest of its type in the world.
Find out more about the exhibition here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Exhibition_of_Science,_Art_and_Industry
Find out more about the Steven and Struthers Glasgow here:
The lighthouse in the image above was constructed as a marketing stand No1084 in Kelvingrove Park Glasgow in 1888. Between May and November the international event attracted business and public from all around the world. Steven and Struthers Glasgow were engineers to the admiralty and constructed brass propellers for ships as well as many other items, closing in 1961.
For the exhibition Royal Doulton created a fountain that still exists in Glasgow today and is the largest of its type in the world.
Find out more about the exhibition here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Exhibition_of_Science,_Art_and_Industry
Find out more about the Steven and Struthers Glasgow here:
