Slide set: Jack the conqueror: new series (story: Bamforth & Co., 41 slides, 1893)

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Slide 1

Slide 2

Jack lay on his back on a sloping bank covered with heath

Slide 3

Jack came exactly into the foreground of the picture

Slide 4

In an instant Jack was in pursuit of the dragonfly

Slide 5

'He has got out of your reach, my lad,' said the artist to himself

Slide 6

He suddenly dropped on it his tattered straw hat

Slide 7

'What is your name, lad?' asked the artist

Slide 8

The artist thought of Jack as he was finishing the picture

Slide 9

As he was crossing the stile, he met a girl his own age

Slide 10

'But, Mary, Jack's face was so dirty;' he heard her say

Slide 11

'But I want to make myself clean,' said poor Jack

Slide 12

Jack took the piece of soap and held out the sixpence

Slide 13

The day had been sultry, and the cool water looked inviting

Slide 14

He surveyed his clothes by the light of the moon

Slide 15

'There's plenty there, if you're going to turn tailor yourself'

Slide 16

He found her at home in a single room which she rented

Slide 17

Jack did not find lying the bed very agreeable

Slide 18

Jack thanked the old woman again and again

Slide 19

Slide 20

Slide 21

In his hand he carried a pretty nosegay of wild flowers

Slide 22

Slide 23

'God will help you, boy, if you help yourself,' said the old woman

Slide 24

Slide 25

'You may turn a penny by them some day,' said the basket-maker

Slide 26

His aunt gave him a sharp pull on the ear

Slide 27

In the cave Jack worked away at his baskets unmolested

Slide 28

He consulted Mrs Naylor about the disposal of the baskets

Slide 29

Slide 30

The willows looked very tempting to Jack

Slide 31

Jack's interview with the squire was a terrible moment

Slide 32

Slide 33

Slide 34

Mr Hartley looked at him with no small interest

Slide 35

Jack made the most of every hour at school

Slide 36

Slide 37

With a feeling of desolation he left his aunt's grave

Slide 38

'I have come to see you, Jack,' said the squire

Slide 39

'Jack has both determination and perseverance,' said Mr Hartley

Slide 40

'Good-bye, Jack,' said she, 'I know that the Lord will give you all that is good for you'

Slide 41

He points out to the lad the only picture the room contains

Number of slides

Manufacturer

Bamforth & Co., England

Other related organisations

in stock of William C. Muir, dates unknown

in stock of Walter Tyler, 1909 (item ref. 599)

in stock of E.G. Wood, 1912 (item ref. 1402)

in stock of J.W. Butcher, 1913

Main type of image

life model

Main usage of set

story

Date of first manufacture

1893

Reading or song

C.E. Bowen, Jack the conqueror (Holmfirth: Bamforth & Co., 1893)

Related slide sets

reissue of Jack the conqueror (story: Bamforth & Co., 25-26 slides, 1880s)

see generic title Jack the conqueror (generic set title – 5 different versions are known)

People appearing in slides

BAMFORTH, James (1842-1911) – slides 3, 5-8

BAMFORTH, Mrs Martha (1843-1894) – slide 11

Collections

41 slides in The Hecht Collection: Screen Archive South East (University of Brighton)

41 slides known to exist in private collection

Lucerna ID 3002630

Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 5 April 2023

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Slide set: Jack the conqueror: new series (story: Bamforth & Co., 41 slides, 1893)