Slide set: Excelsior! (song: Riley Brothers, 10 slides, 1893)
Riley Brothers, England
in stock of Riley Brothers, 1893-1914 (item ref. 617)
in stock of North of England Temperance League, 1906 (item ref. 186)
in stock of Walter Tyler, 1909 (item ref. 396)
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and Michael Balfe, ‘Excelsior’ in Short lantern readings 28 (1899)
see generic title Excelsior (generic set title – 3 different versions are known)
WEEKS, Frank F. (1845-1914) – creator of source image(s), all 10 slides
Weeks is identified as the artist by his 'FFW' monogram on the title slide (at bottom left, on the bottom of the shaft holding the banner), and also credited in the Tyler catalogue.
10 slides known to exist in private collection
Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 20 March 2024
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