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Slide set: The elephant's revenge (story: Wrench & Son, 12 slides, in/before 1887)

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Number of slides

Wrench & Son, England

Other related organisations

in stock of Riley Brothers, 1887-1914 (item ref. 135)

in stock of UK Band of Hope Union, 1891

in stock of Wrench & Son, 1892

in stock of Peter Feathers, 1901

Main type of image

drawing / painting / print

Main usage of set

story

Date of first manufacture

unknown (latest possible 1887)

Person linked to this set

creator of source image(s): BUSCH, Wilhelm (1832-1908)

Source of slide images

Wilhelm Busch, Die Rache des Elephanten (Munich: 1863)

Reading or song

‘The elephant's revenge’ in several compilations

Related slide sets

possibly same as The elephant's revenge (recitation: Walter Tyler, 12 slides, n.d.)

see generic title The elephant's revenge (generic set title – 8 different versions are known)

Lucerna ID 3012804

Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 8 March 2024

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