Slide set: The honey stealers (story: Wrench & Son, 8 slides, in/before 1889)
Wrench & Son, England
in stock of J. Brandon Medland, 1889
in stock of UK Band of Hope Union, 1891
in stock of Wrench & Son, 1892
in stock of Peter Feathers, 1901
‘The honey stealers’ in several compilations
see generic title The honey stealers (generic set title – 4 different versions are known)
BUSCH, Wilhelm (1832-1908) – creator of source image(s), slides 2-5
The set is attributed to Wrench on the basis of the style of the title labels.
The images are based on Busch's series Die kleinen Honigdiebe of 1859, but have been redrawn for the slides.
4 slides known to exist in private collection
Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 16 May 2024
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