Detail View: Non-conformist Collection: Reading the Bible

Image Number: 
JRL17022832
Reference Number: 
BLS/7
Link to Catalogue: 
Image Title: 
Reading the Bible
Series Title: 
Brethren Lantern Slides
Description: 
The scene consists of a drawing, in which David Livingstone sits reading from a book inside a homestead. Natives in traditional dress, one inside the homestead, a number outside, look on. This slide is from a set of slides on 'The Life and Work of David Livingstone' produced by the London Missionary Society around 1900. The top edge typed label states: "Reading the Bible".
Language Code: 
eng
Language: 
English
Subject: 
Christianity
Subject: 
Missions
Subject: 
Plymouth Brethren
Category of Material: 
Archives
Sub-Category: 
Lantern slides
Time Period Covered: 
19th Century CE
People Covered: 
Livingstone, David, 1813-1873
Current Repository: 
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Provenance: 
Hislop, James G, son of William Hislop, former owner
Provenance: 
Cochrane, Margaret of Newmilns in Ayreshire, former owner
Rights Holder - Image: 
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work: 
The University of Manchester Library
Notes: 
The digitisation was generously funded by the J.W. Laing Trust
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd): 
2017-02-22
Image Creation Technique: 
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Metadata Language: 
eng-GB