Two glass sheets: one glass only and the other with slide imagery which has a monochromatic emulsion that has then been hand painted with coloured pigments or dye.
TEXT on the slide reads: Evelyn Laye in Evensong with Fritz Kortner Alice Delysia
The two sheets of glass are held together using Gunn’s Slide branded tape: Gunn’s Slide, 9 Collins Place Melb. Cent. 2736.
On the clear glass slide there are remnants of handwritten detail which has nearly all worn off. It possibly says: STARTS..
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Collection
Not in ACMI's collection
Previously on display
15 June 2023
ACMI: Gallery 1
Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
AEO179918
Curatorial section
The Story of the Moving Image → Moving Pictures → MI-05. Sound and Colour → MI-05-C02
Measurements
82 x 82 x 2mm
Object Types
3D Object
Glass slide/Pictorial
Materials
glass, ink, emulsion, tape