Slide set: The artful convict (story: Bamforth & Co., 6 slides, 1893)

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Slide 1

Most of his time in gaol is spent, an there he is just now, / But on escaping he is bent, and I will tell you how

Slide 2

He then proceeds with greatest care, to dress the empty sack / To look as if himself bung there, when viewed but from the back.

Slide 3

And now beneath the seat he's found, and waits an hour or more, / Until the gaoler takes his round, and passes by his door.

Slide 4

The semi-darkness to him shews something unusual there, / Then he the door wide open throws, and gets an dreadful scare.

Slide 5

At once the cunning rascal rose, without the least delay, / And strips the sack of all his clo'es, and he too darts away

Slide 6

Meanwhile the gaoler hurries back, and with him others come; / But when he gazes on the sack, he's with surprise struck dumb

Number of slides

Manufacturer

Bamforth & Co., England

Other related organisations

in stock of Riley Brothers, 1893-1914 (item ref. 652)

in stock of Wrench & Son, 1898

in stock of North of England Temperance League, 1906 (item ref. 166)

Main type of image

drawing / painting / print

Main usage of set

story

Date of first manufacture

1893

Reading or song

Robert Craven, ‘The artful convict’ in Short lantern readings 15 (1893)

Collections

6 slides known to exist in private collection

Subject keyword

comedy / humour

Lucerna ID 3000965

Record created by Richard Crangle and Sarah Dellmann. Last updated 14 May 2024

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Slide set: The artful convict (story: Bamforth & Co., 6 slides, 1893)