Detail View: Brethren Collection: Liwanika la modern
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Image Number:
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JRL17022826
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Reference Number:
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BLS/1
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Link to Catalogue:
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Image Title:
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Liwanika la modern
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Series Title:
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Brethren Lantern Slides
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Date Created:
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[date not identified]
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Description:
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The scene consists of a man sat on a stool holding a fly-whisk. The whisk is a possible status object. [The slide is possibly linked with BLS/5 'King Khama']. Liwanika is a place in central Zambia. King Liwanika brought his kingdom under British control in 1890.The Brethren missionary Frederick Arnot stayed with Liwanika for eighteen months after his arrival in his kingdom of Barotseland in December 1882. Label on the front of slide states: "The O.B. Lantern department, 56 Old Bailey, E.C". Handwritten label on the top states: "Liwanika la modern".
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Language:
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English
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Language Code:
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eng
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Subject:
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Christianity
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Subject:
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Missions
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Subject:
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Brethren
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Category of Material:
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Archives
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Sub-Category:
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Lantern slides
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Time Period Covered:
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19th Century CE
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Places Covered:
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Africa
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People Covered:
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Arnot, Frederick Stanley 1858-1914
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Related Resources:
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The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
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Provenance:
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Hislop, James G, son of William Hislop, former owner
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Provenance:
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Cochrane, Margaret of Newmilns in Ayreshire, former owner
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Rights Holder - Image:
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The University of Manchester Library
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Rights Holder - Work:
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Copyright restrictions may apply
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Notes:
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The digitisation was generously funded by the J.W. Laing Trust
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