Slide set: Cinderella (story: Theobald & Co., 12 slides, in/before 1889)

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Descriptive data for this set (listed below slide images)

Slide 1

Poor Ella had to scrub and scour, sweep up the ashes, and sift the cinders

Slide 2

Poor Cinderella helped to dress her sisters in their grand clothes

Slide 3

'Oh, dear!' said the poor girl, 'How I wish -- I wish -- !'

Slide 4

The old lady then waved her wand, and lo! the pumpkin became a splendid carriage

Slide 5

Oh! how lovely Cinderella looked in her fine attire!

Slide 6

Then she kissed her kind godmother, stepped into her grand carriage, and drove off gaily

Slide 7**

As soon as Cinderella entered the ballroom, led by the gallant young Prince

Slide 8

Cinderella started and rushed from the palace in such haste

Slide 9

The next day, a herald went through the town

Slide 10

Her two sisters were not slow to come forward to make the trial

Slide 11

At that moment, in came the fairy godmother and waved her wand over Cinderella

Slide 12

** there are alternative versions or views of this slide

Number of slides

Manufacturer

Theobald & Co., England

Other related organisations

in stock of J. Brandon Medland, 1889

in stock of E.G. Wood, 1894

in stock of James Lancaster & Son, 1897

in stock of John Piggott, 1897

in stock of George Houghton & Son, 1903 (item ref. 770)

Main type of image

drawing / painting / print

Main usage of set

story

Retail price

12s. (Medland) in 1889; 5s. (Wood) in 1894

Date of first manufacture

unknown (latest possible 1889)

Reading or song

‘Cinderella’ in Readings in prose and verse

Related slide sets

reissue of Cinderella (story: Theobald & Co., 12 slides, in/before 1893)

see generic title Cinderella (generic set title – 16 different versions are known)

Series

Theobald transfer slide sets

Notes

The slide titles listed here are taken from the reading; the slides themselves carry no titles.

Collections

12 slides known to exist in private collection

1 slide in Dodie Masterman Collection

Subject keywords

fairy tale / fable
supernatural / magic

Lucerna ID 3005967

Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 29 June 2017

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Slide set: Cinderella (story: Theobald & Co., 12 slides, in/before 1889)