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
9 February 2025
ACMI: Gallery 1
Credits
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