Jane Conquest narrative slides

United Kingdom, c. 1891

Courtesy Martyn Jolly

Object On display
Photograph by Egmont Contreras, ACMI

Creator, York & Son, England. Woman sitting, holding baby.
Narrative for slide: “At these words the curtain went up to disclose Jane Conquest, a strong featured, sturdy young woman in a red shawl, seated with her sick child on her lap by a cheerless grate in a cottage interior with a Gothic stone hearth and a latticed window. The tearing, whistling crescendo and diminuendo of a great storm almost drowned the voice of the narrator and a distant, bloodcurdling cry.”

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Collection

Not in ACMI's collection

On display until

23 August 2024

ACMI: Gallery 1

Credits

creator

York & Son

Production places
United Kingdom
Production dates
c. 1891

Appears in

Group of items

Jane Conquest magic lantern slides

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

LN179797

Curatorial section

The Story of the Moving Image → Moving Pictures → MI-02. Play and Illusion → MI-02-C01 → Panel B2

Measurements

82 x 82 x 4mm

Object Types

3D Object

Glass slide/Pictorial

Materials

glass, ink, gum arabic tape

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