Slide set: The Pied Piper of Hamelin (recitation: Newton & Co., 18-20 slides, in/before 1909)

Set details Slide listing References to this set

Descriptive data for this set (listed below slide images)

Slide 1

Slide 2

Bit the babies in the cradles, and ate the cheeses out of the vats

Slide 3

And even spoiled the women's chats, by drowning their speaking with shrieking and squeaking

Slide 4

At last the people in a body, to the Town Hall came flocking

Slide 5

His queer long coat from heel to head was half of yellow and half of red

Slide 6

He advanced to the Council-table: And 'Please your honours,' said he, 'I'm able'

Slide 7

Into the Street the Piper stept, smiling first a little smile

Slide 8

And step by step they followed dancing, until they came to the river Weser

Slide 9

'Go,' cried the Mayor, 'and get long poles! Poke out the nests and block up the holes!'

Slide 10

'First, if you please, my thousand guilders!' 'A thousand guilders?'

Slide 11

no image available

Slide 12

And to his lips again laid his long pipe of smooth straight cane

Slide 13

Small feet were pattering, wooden shoes clattering, little hands clapping, and little tongues chattering

Slide 14

Tripping and skipping, ran merrily after the wonderful music with shouting and laughter

Slide 14a

Slide 15

The Mayor was dumb, and the Council stood as if they were changed into blocks of wood

Slide 16

To Koppelberg Hill his steps addressed, and after him the children pressed

Slide 16a

Slide 17

Did I say all? No! one was lame, and could not dance the whole of the way

Slide 18

Number of slides

18 minimum, 20 maximum (18 slides, plus two additional slides marked 'a' in the list)

Manufacturer

Newton & Co., England

Other related organisation

in stock of Newton & Co., 1909-1913 (item ref. YP / 8YP)

Main type of image

drawing / painting / print

Main usage of set

recitation

Date of first manufacture

unknown (latest possible 1909)

Source of slide images

Robert Browning and Kate Greenaway, The Pied Piper of Hamelin (London: Frederick Warne & Co., 1910)

Reading or song

Robert Browning, ‘The Pied Piper of Hamelin’ in several compilations

Related slide sets

reissue of Pied Piper of Hamelin (recitation: Newton & Co., 12 slides, in/before 1888)

see generic title The Pied Piper of Hamelin (generic set title – 6 different versions are known)

People involved in slide production

GREENAWAY, Kate (1846-1901) – creator of source image(s), all 20 slides

Notes

The 1909 Newton catalogue lists slides 1-18 and uses the telegraphic stock code 'YP'; the 1912 edition adds two slides, 14a and 16a and uses code '8YP'.

Collections

19 slides known to exist in private collection

Subject keywords

Hamelin, Germany
animals
children / family
fairy tale / fable
supernatural / magic

Lucerna ID 3005066

Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 26 April 2021

Search for another slide set Print this record

How to cite this record: all the information in Lucerna is freely available for use for any legal non-commercial purpose. If you use any of the information or any images from this page, please credit Lucerna in the following (or an equivalent) style:

Lucerna Magic Lantern Web Resource, lucerna.exeter.ac.uk, item 3005066. Accessed 21 November 2024.

All Lucerna data is published in good faith as the latest known version of the information, but without any guarantee as to its accuracy or completeness. If you can correct or add to our information, or supply any images, please Contact us.

Using images from Lucerna: all the digital images on the Lucerna site are available to use for any legal non-commercial purpose, free of charge, if you acknowledge their source and include any copyright statement as it appears under the image. The images are relatively low-resolution, and not intended for print reproduction or projection. If you need a higher-resolution version of the image(s) on this page, please Contact us to ask about availability.

LUCERNA – the Magic Lantern Web Resource

Slide set: The Pied Piper of Hamelin (recitation: Newton & Co., 18-20 slides, in/before 1909)