Slide set: Tabbie and the paint-pot (comic: Bamforth & Co., 8 slides, 1891)

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Descriptive data for this set (listed below slide images)

Slide 1

He's hit upon a little plan the household cat to vex

Slide 2

And so poor pussy's tail he dips, with movement not too quick

Slide 3

And Mr Manikin he steals away just as he came

Slide 4

In sore perplexity she felt, and pawed it o'er and o'er

Slide 5

And then she tried how it would taste, it almost turned her sick

Slide 6

While thus engaged, the little elf again comes on the scene

Slide 7

She down upon him like a short precipitates herself

Slide 8

You could not, from his brow to chin, a paintless spot have picked

Number of slides

Manufacturer

Bamforth & Co., England

Other related organisations

in stock of Riley Brothers, 1891-1914 (item ref. 429)

in stock of UK Band of Hope Union, 1891

Main type of image

drawing / painting / print

Main usage of set

comic

Date of first manufacture

1891

Reading or song

Robert Craven, ‘Tabbie and the paint-pot’ in Short lantern readings 12 (1891)

Notes

The illustrated slides appear to have been rebound at some stage, possibly for hand-colouring by the set's owner.

Collections

8 slides known to exist in private collection

Lucerna ID 3002111

Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 21 November 2021

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Slide set: Tabbie and the paint-pot (comic: Bamforth & Co., 8 slides, 1891)