Slide set: The hare and the robbers (comic: Bamforth & Co., 8 slides, 1883-1888)

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Descriptive data for this set (listed below slide images)

Slide 1

Two robbers discover a plump hare hanging outside a window

Slide 2

They determine to steal the hare, and commence preparations for ascending

Slide 3

One of the robbers clutches the rope, and is pulled up by the other. An officer of justice appears

Slide 4

The officer attempts to arrest the robber below, but he ascends also out of the way

Slide 5

The officer is determined to have them and ascends himself

Slide 6

The robbers both get on one side of the rope and so pull the officer up on the other side

Slide 7

The robbers descend with the hare and keep their enemy suspended

Slide 8

no image available

Number of slides

Manufacturer

Bamforth & Co., England

Other related organisations

in stock of Riley Brothers, 1887-1914 (item ref. 122)

in stock of UK Band of Hope Union, 1891

in stock of North of England Temperance League, 1906 (item ref. 179)

in stock of J. Lizars, 1909 (item ref. 61)

Main type of image

drawing / painting / print

Main usage of set

comic

Date of first manufacture

unknown (earliest possible 1883, latest possible 1888)

Reading or song

Robert Craven, ‘The hare and the robbers’ in Short lantern readings 2 (c.1887)

Related slide set

see generic title The hare and the robbers (generic set title – 2 different versions are known)

Notes

The Lizars catalogue lists nine slides, adding an introductory title slide as Slide 1a.

Collections

7 slides known to exist in private collection

Subject keywords

social issues – crime
comedy / humour

Lucerna ID 3000469

Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 18 March 2024

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Slide set: The hare and the robbers (comic: Bamforth & Co., 8 slides, 1883-1888)