Slide set: That everlasting cat (comic: Bamforth & Co., 8 slides, 1891)

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Slide 1**

It once was young, I make no doubt, but that was long ago

Slide 2**

For as you see, myself I'd brought the vicious beast to drown

Slide 3**

I couldn't stand that awful look, so back I gently drew

Slide 4**

She took a leap into the air and came down with a thud

Slide 5**

And felt I might indeed now rest from her both day and night

Slide 6**

For there that cat I did descry, its eyes fixed on my face

Slide 7**

He said he'd take the brute away, and finish off the job

Slide 8**

I saw stretched out upon the tray that everlasting cat

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Alternative title

The ever-living cat

Number of slides

Manufacturer

Bamforth & Co., England

Other related organisations

in stock of Riley Brothers, 1891-1914 (item ref. 331)

in stock of UK Band of Hope Union, 1891

in stock of Wrench & Son, 1898

Main type of image

drawing / painting / print

Main usage of set

comic

Date of first manufacture

1891

Reading or song

Robert Craven, ‘That everlasting cat’ in Short lantern readings 10 (1891)

Notes

The Riley 1905 catalogue uses the title The ever-living cat.

Collections

8 slides known to exist in private collection

Lucerna ID 3002102

Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 16 May 2024

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Slide set: That everlasting cat (comic: Bamforth & Co., 8 slides, 1891)