Glass slide Identification

Can anyone tell me about this glass slide?

 

Boy does he look familiar......
Kaiser in his earlier days?

 

He does look super familiar! on the back of the slide it says celebrities from life

 

On his shoulder you can see the British Commonwealth insignia consisting of a Mameluke sword and baton.

"General officer's sword and baton. Worn instead of seven stars. Represents the general officer rank class. On its own it represents the lowest possible general rank (Brigadier-General). The sword is a Mameluke sword, a weapon that signifies general ranks in Commonwealth countries."

courtesy of Mr. Google, who can probably tell you his name, too

 

Sir Redevers Buller, had kind of a weak record as a general in the Brit army

http://questions-1001.blogspot.com/2012/03/worst-generals-in-british-history.html

 

Thank you!

I don't know why he looked so familiar.
I think I was thinking he looked like the Titanics captain lol

Very good. I can now Google a little further

 

He would most definitely NOT like that I thought his photo may be the Kaiser!

 

What is the proper name for the types of photographs?

 

Magic lantern slides, I believe.

http://www.collectorsweekly.com/photographs/magic-lantern

 

I've got quite a few of those..... I bought them 25 years ago or so to have available for my artwork. I suppose I should dig them out and see what I have there.

 

I'm not 100% sure , but believe your slide may be the same pic of Buller, but reversed? Following is yours reversed and cropped closer to the size of the one on the web.

--- Susan

Your pic reversed and cropped. Note that the long beard hairs seem to have the same curl on the ones sticking out on the left and of course the ear is the same.



http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-LPxms2OoG...+10+Worst+Generals+in+British+History+(2).jpg

 

I probably just held it to the light backwards.