Slide set: Life of the Right Honourable William Ewart Gladstone (lecture: G.W. Wilson, 52-54 slides, in/before 1895)
G.W. Wilson, Scotland
in stock of Riley Brothers, 1895-1914 (item ref. 755)
in stock of Wrench & Son, 1898
in stock of Josiah T. Chapman, 1909-1912 (item ref. 307)
in stock of J. Lizars, 1909 (item ref. 595)
in stock of Newton & Co., 1913 (item ref. 8DG)
see also Life of the Right Hon. W.E. Gladstone (lecture: Newton & Co., 28 slides, 1898-1899)
continued by Life of the Right Honourable William Ewart Gladstone: [additional slides] (lecture: manufacturer unknown, 16 slides, 1898-1913)
see generic title Life of W.E. Gladstone (generic set title – 5 different versions are known)
BALFOUR, Arthur (1848-1930) – slide 49
BRADLAUGH, Charles, M.P. (1833-1891) – slide 44
DERBY, 14th Earl of (1799-1869) – slide 25
DEVONSHIRE, 8th Duke of (1833-1908) – slide 33
DISRAELI, Benjamin (1804-1881) – slide 26
GLADSTONE, Lady Anne (1772-1835) – slide 4
GLADSTONE, Sir John, 1st Bart (1764-1851) – slide 3
GLADSTONE, W.E., M.P. (1809-1898) – slides 12, 44
PARNELL, Charles Stewart, M.P. (1846-1891) – slides 40, 44
ROSEBERY, Earl of (1847-1929) – slide 52
VICTORIA, Queen (1819-1901) – slides 18, 39
The slide listing is from the Lizars and Newton catalogues; the titles on the slides themselves may have been slightly different.
The Chapman catalogue lists only the first 52 slides. The Newton 1913 catalogue lists 54 slides, with two relating to Gladstone's funeral and grave (i.e. post-1898) added after the original set of 52. These were presumably added as a revised version of the GWW set, before that company's slide stock was acquired by Newton in the 1900s.
2 slides known to exist in private collection
4 slides known to exist in private collection
10 slides known to exist in private collection
1 slide in The Hecht Collection: Screen Archive South East (University of Brighton)
Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 1 May 2024
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