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Slide set: Tompkins and the mosquito (story: W. Rider & Co., 12 slides, in/before 1913)

Descriptive data for this set (listed below slide images)
Slide 1
Introduction with Title
Slide 2**
Tompkins has peaceful dreams
Slide 3**
Soon disturbed by a huge Mosquito
Slide 4
Not very nice to be turned out at midnight
Slide 5**
There he is on the wall!
Slide 6**
He falls head first over a chair
Slide 7**
He continues the pursuit
Slide 8**
He deals a heavy blow
Slide 9**
He loses his balance
Slide 10**
Oh, horror! the chair tips up
Slide 11**
Tompkins has an unexpected bath
Slide 12
Tableau!
** there are alternative versions or views of this slide
Other related organisation

in stock of Riley Brothers, 1913-1914 (item ref. 1842)

Main type of image
life model
Main usage of set
story
Date of first manufacture
unknown  (latest possible 1913)
Related slide set

see also Midnight adventures with a flea (recitation: York & Son, 12 slides, in/before 1888)

People appearing in slides

UNIDENTIFIED LIFE MODEL 01   (fl. 1890s-1900s) – slides 1-11

Collections

9 slides known to exist in private collection

12 slides known to exist in private collection

Lucerna ID  3003414

Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 9 February 2020

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