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Slide set: Funny faces (comic: Riley Brothers, 18 slides, in/before 1887)

Descriptive data for this set
Other related organisation

in stock of Riley Brothers, 1887-1914 (item ref. 153)

Main type of image
drawing / painting / print
Main usage of set
comic
Retail price
1s. 9d. per slide (Riley 1891), or 3s. 6d. as slipping slides with movable eyes (Riley 1891/1905).
Date of first manufacture
unknown  (latest possible 1887)
Related slide sets

possibly same as Funny faces (comic: Alfred Underhill, 19 slides, in/before 1888)

see generic title Funny faces (generic set title – 3 different versions are known)

Notes

The 1891 Riley catalogue lists 16 titles, while their 1905 catalogue has 18, both with the note 'and others'.

Lucerna ID  3000492

Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 10 July 2017

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