Slide set: The thief and the bear (comic: Bamforth & Co., 10 slides, 1893)

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Slide 1

Night came and passed, as silent as the dead, / But in the morn another pig had fled

Slide 2

'Which proves,' says Ralph, the village wit, so sly / 'Though not a likely bird, a pig may fly'

Slide 3

And asked the farmer, meekly, if he might / 'Put Bruin in the old barn for the night?'

Slide 4

Thus far, arrangements made for beast and man; / The bear was muzzled well, a prudent plan:

Slide 5

When all at once there rose a fearful cry / Of dread surprise, and fear and agony

Slide 6

As if some hapless wretch, with gasping breath, / Was grappling with his foe for life and death

Slide 7

Up rose the farmer then, as well he might; / Up rose his serving men and sprang a light;

Slide 8

And there they found, fast in old Bruin's claws, / ('Twas well for him the muzzle seal'd his jaws,)

Slide 9

The man confess'd his guilt, right glad to go / From the rude clutches of his fearful foe

Slide 10

The thief was penitent, and farmer Biggs / Forgave the trespass, though he lost his pigs

Number of slides

Manufacturer

Bamforth & Co., England

Other related organisations

in stock of Riley Brothers, 1893-1914 (item ref. 650)

in stock of Wrench & Son, 1898

in stock of Church Army, 1913 (item ref. HU 1)

Main type of image

drawing / painting / print

Main usage of set

comic

Date of first manufacture

1893

Reading or song

Robert Craven, ‘The thief and the bear: old Humphrey’ in several compilations

Collections

10 slides known to exist in private collection

Lucerna ID 3000963

Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 17 May 2024

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Slide set: The thief and the bear (comic: Bamforth & Co., 10 slides, 1893)