Object number
2001.185
Title
45 B&W silhouette photographs of printed or painted or lithographed images
Description
A collection of 45 black and white photographs of an RE unit on the march, showing each group of troops in silhouette. Thought to be part of a moving-picture toy or moving picture set. The images show foot soldiers, horse mounted soldiers, waggons, soldiers on bicycles, and it is clear that they form a set to imitate movement across the images. Only one has a reference "name" on the bottom, "O.Brown. SGT. RE" on the image of a part (rear) of a horse, and two men on horseback. On the right edge, there is a visible "hand" holding the framed image. It is possible then that these are photographs of painted or lithographed images, close examination of some of the others show these have been photographed on a table or workbench. One of the bicycle images show two hands holding the left hand edge flat for the photograph.
Date
1905 - 1918
Production period
Edwardian, 1901-1910
Material
Dimensions
- Height: 45 separate images 50 mm
- Width: 124 mm