Slide set: The donkey and the mill (recitation: York & Son, 12 slides, in/before 1888)
York & Son, England
in stock of C. Gray, , dates unknown (item ref. 19)
in stock of UK Band of Hope Union, 1891
in stock of E.G. Wood, 1894 (item ref. 1762)
in stock of Wrench & Son, 1898
in stock of North of England Temperance League, 1906 (item ref. 516)
in stock of J. Lizars, 1909 (item ref. 52)
in stock of Ivens & Co., 1913
creator of source image(s): BUSCH, Wilhelm (1832-1908)
Wilhelm Busch, Der Bauer und der Windmüller (Munich: 1861)
‘The miller and ass’ in several compilations
see generic title The donkey and the mill (generic set title – 2 different versions are known)
The Indispensable handbook uses the title 'The peasant and his ass'.
The images are based on Busch's sequence Der Bauer und der Windmüller of 1861, but have been redrawn for the slides.
The illustrated slides are from two different examples of the set, which accounts for the slight changes in colouration between slides.
3 slides known to exist in private collection
11 slides known to exist in private collection
9 slides in The Hecht Collection: Screen Archive South East (University of Brighton)
12 slides in Royal Albert Memorial Museum Collection
Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 17 May 2024
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