Slide set: The ducks and the frog (story: York & Son, 12 slides, in/before 1888)

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Slide 1

A duck and a drake are diving in search of prey

Slide 2**

Slide 3

The drake thinks he has a right to share

Slide 4**

Between them both the frog undergoes a variety of tortures

Slide 5

The duck prevents the drake from swallowing him entire

Slide 6

Whilst they are throttling each other the frog bolts

Slide 7

The frog leaps into the pump-trough; the ducks search after him

Slide 8

The frog runs for his life, pursued by the ducks

Slide 9

The frog has the good sense to go where the ducks cannot follow him

Slide 10

The ducks are unable to get their heads out, so there they have to stay quacking

Slide 11

The poulterer comes by and carries off the ducks

Slide 12

The frog was laid up for three weeks, but now, thank goodness, he is able to smoke his pipe

** there are alternative versions or views of this slide

Number of slides

Manufacturer

York & Son, England

Other related organisations

in stock of J. Brandon Medland, 1889

in stock of UK Band of Hope Union, 1891

in stock of E.G. Wood, 1894 (item ref. 1754)

in stock of Wrench & Son, 1898

in stock of Riley Brothers, 1903-1914 (item ref. 1353)

in stock of J.W. Butcher, 1913

in stock of Ivens & Co., 1913

Main type of image

drawing / painting / print

Main usage of set

story

Date of first manufacture

unknown (latest possible 1888)

Source of slide images

Wilhelm Busch, Die beiden Enten und der Frosch (Munich: 1862)

Reading or song

‘The ducks and frog’ in Miscellaneous tales 1

Related slide set

see generic title The ducks and the frog (generic set title – 3 different versions are known)

People involved in slide production

BUSCH, Wilhelm (1832-1908) – creator of source image(s), all 12 slides

Subject keywords

animals
comedy / humour

Lucerna ID 3001620

Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 18 May 2024

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Slide set: The ducks and the frog (story: York & Son, 12 slides, in/before 1888)