Slide set: The drunkards (recitation: Bamforth & Co., 12 slides, 1880s)

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Individual slides contained in this set (listed below slide images)

Slide 1

'What, Tom!' says I, 'afraid to drink?'

Slide 1a

(Effect) Unseen, the Devil watched them there

Slide 2**

'Take that and die,' said Ned

Slide 3**

He saw him off to prison go

Slide 4**

The moonlight glanced upon a mill

Slide 5**

A squalid form unclosed the door

Slide 6**

He sat him down upon a bank

Slide 6a**

(Effect) He thought about his youthful days

Slide 7**

Be merciful to me, O God

Slide 8**

Homeward, he turned -- he thought of Jane

Slide 9**

Dear William! love me once again

Slide 10**

Oh, when was Sabbath eve like this?

** there are alternative versions or views of this slide

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Image type

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1

'What, Tom!' says I, 'afraid to drink?'

Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square

Life model

Photography

Studio set

image content: Human figure – man | Human figure – woman | Building or structure (exterior) – public house / bar (exterior) | Human figure – drunkard

1a

(Effect) Unseen, the Devil watched them there

Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square

Drawing / painting / print

Photography

N/A

image content: Human figure – demon

2

'Take that and die,' said Ned

Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square

Life model

Photography

Studio set

image content: BAMFORTH, James (1842-1911) | Human figure – man | Human figure – woman | Building or structure (exterior) – public house / bar (exterior) | Human figure – drunkard

3

He saw him off to prison go

Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square

Life model

Photography

Studio set

image content: BAMFORTH, James (1842-1911) | Human figure – man | Building or structure (exterior) – public house / bar (exterior) | Human figure – police officer | Human figure – drunkard

4

The moonlight glanced upon a mill

Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square

Life model

Photography

Studio set

image content: BAMFORTH, James (1842-1911) | Human figure – man | Building or structure (exterior) – public house / bar (exterior) | Building or structure (exterior) – windmill | Human figure – drunkard

5

A squalid form unclosed the door

Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square

Photograph

Photography

Exterior location

6

He sat him down upon a bank

Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square

Life model

Photography

Exterior location

image content: BAMFORTH, James (1842-1911) | Human figure – man | Human figure – drunkard

6a

(Effect) He thought about his youthful days

Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square

Drawing / painting / print

Photography

N/A

image content: Human figure – woman | Human figure – boy | Human figure – child

7

Be merciful to me, O God

Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square

Life model

Photography

Exterior location

image content: BAMFORTH, James (1842-1911) | Human figure – man | Human figure – drunkard

8

Homeward, he turned -- he thought of Jane

Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square

Life model

Photography

Exterior location

image content: BAMFORTH, James (1842-1911) | Human figure – man | Human figure – drunkard

9

Dear William! love me once again

Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square

Life model

Photography

Studio set

image content: BAMFORTH, James (1842-1911) | BAMFORTH, Mrs Martha (1843-1894) | Human figure – man | Human figure – woman | Human figure – boy | Human figure – girl | Human figure – child | Human figure – drunkard

10

Oh, when was Sabbath eve like this?

Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square

Life model

Photography

Studio set

image content: BAMFORTH, James (1842-1911) | BAMFORTH, Mrs Martha (1843-1894) | Human figure – man | Human figure – woman | Human figure – boy | Human figure – girl | Human figure – child

Lucerna ID 3000424

Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 17 September 2021

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