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Slide set: The drunkard's wife (recitation: Bamforth & Co., 6 slides, 1880s)

Descriptive data for this set (listed below slide images)
Slide 1
Oh, Edward! do not laugh, I pray
Slide 2
But in a corner, dark and chill
Slide 3
But then began to tell her tale
Slide 4
Our house stood in a bed of flowers
Slide 3 (rpt)
To this poor place we've come
Slide 5
To get her father gin
Slide 6
Again, the woman heaved a groan
Other related organisations

in stock of Riley Brothers, 1887-1914 (item ref. 60)

in stock of UK Band of Hope Union, 1891

in stock of E.G. Wood, 1894 (item ref. 7675)

in stock of Josiah T. Chapman, 1909-1912 (item ref. 1794)

in stock of Walter Tyler, 1909 (item ref. 535)

in stock of Church Army, 1913 (item ref. LM 32)

Main type of image
life model
Main usage of set
recitation
Date of first manufacture
1880s  (earliest possible 1883, latest possible 1888)
Reading or song

Mary Sewell, The drunkard's wife (n.d.)

Related slide set

see generic title The drunkard's wife (generic set title – 2 different versions are known)

People appearing in slides

BAMFORTH, James  (1842-1911) – slide 1

BAMFORTH, Mrs Martha  (1843-1894) – slides 2-4, 6

Collections

6 slides known to exist in private collection

Lucerna ID  3000425

Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 17 September 2021

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