Slide set: The pug and the sweep (comic: Bamforth & Co., 7 slides, 1889)

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Slide 1

And so he came with muzzle black as soot, creeping behind and bit the fellow's foot

Slide 2

To be revenged was now poor sooty's aim, but pug -- as if he knew his little game

Slide 3

And then in memory of the damaged foot, his nose was thrust deep in the bowl of soot

Slide 4

When Mr Pug at last got his release, for some long time he could do nought but sneeze

Slide 5

And then within her loving, fond embrace, she suffered him to slobber o'er her face

Slide 6

And then and there within her glass was shown, a face she hardly felt could be her own

Slide 7

She thrashed him so, he could not help but keep in everlasting horror of a sweep

Number of slides

Manufacturer

Bamforth & Co., England

Other related organisations

in stock of UK Band of Hope Union, 1891

in stock of Riley Brothers, 1893-1914 (item ref. 649)

in stock of Wrench & Son, 1898

Main type of image

drawing / painting / print

Main usage of set

comic

Date of first manufacture

1889

Reading or song

Robert Craven, ‘The pug and the sweep’ in Short lantern readings 7 (1889)

Collections

7 slides known to exist in private collection

Lucerna ID 3000962

Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 14 May 2024

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Slide set: The pug and the sweep (comic: Bamforth & Co., 7 slides, 1889)