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Slide set: Nan (story: Chatham Pexton, 40 slides, 1893)

Individual slides contained in this set (listed below slide images)
Slide 1**
'Oh, Nan, there are those dreadful sounds again'
Slide 2**
'I only wish I could take you away, my darling'
Slide 3**
A tall woman entered; she was a lady
Slide 4**
'You shall be my baby tonight'
Slide 5**
'Miss Foster, a letter for you'
Slide 6**
'Come, Daisy, let us thank Him'
Slide 7**
Miss Fanny appeared at the door
Slide 8**
'Oh! George, you have come,' was all she said
Slide 9**
He put Daisy on the sofa again
Slide 10**
George reached down his great coat
Slide 11**
And opened the book at the New Testament
Slide 12**
The girl looked at him, and then her heart stood still
Slide 13**
She stooped down and unfastened his boots
Slide 14**
Nan put her strong arms under his
Slide 15**
As she stood and looked at him lying there
Slide 16**
It was only to take up his hat
Slide 17**
He was not himself, she knew that at one glance
Slide 18**
'George,' she whispered, 'it can be done'
Slide 19**
And rushed along the narrow street
Slide 20**
Miss Fanny flounced into the room
Slide 21**
And spreading out her hands before the fire
Slide 22**
On a broken-down sofa reclined Miss Maggie
Slide 23**
'Come with me, dearest'
Slide 24**
'And now I am going to see Miss Maggie'
Slide 25**
'Miss Foster, I know your trouble!' he said
Slide 26**
Nan's calm steady eyes met his
Slide 27**
Miss Fanny sitting with Daisy
Slide 28**
'Half-a-crown,' said the man shortly
Slide 29**
Nan knelt down by the child's side
Slide 30**
He stood irresolute on the threshold
Slide 31**
George was soon deep in the game
Slide 32**
'Come along with me for a bit'
Slide 33**
For a moment Maggie Selby's dying eyes lighted up
Slide 34**
'Nan, will you let me in?'
Slide 35**
Deeply penitent, he sat by the bedside
Slide 36**
Together the brother and sister knelt
Slide 37**
And they gathered there beside the dying child
Slide 38**
Around that grave four lives were dedicated
Slide 39**
'Busy? That's nice, Miss Fanny'
Slide 40**
Nan lives on at the little house in Butler's Row
** there are alternative versions or views of this slide
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Format
Image type
Production
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1
Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square
Life model
Photography
Studio set
2
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3¼ inches (83mm) square
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Photography
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3
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Photography
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4
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Photography
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5
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Photography
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6
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7
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8
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9
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10
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11
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12
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13
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14
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15
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16
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17
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18
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19
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20
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21
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22
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23
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24
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26
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27
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28
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29
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30
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31
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32
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33
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34
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35
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36
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37
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38
Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square
Life model
Photography
Exterior location
39
Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square
Life model
Photography
Studio set
40
Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square
Life model
Photography
Studio set
Lucerna ID  3000916

Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 15 March 2024

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