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Slide set: Bumble's courtship (story: York & Son, 12 slides, 1892)

Descriptive data for this set (listed below slide images)
Slide 1
If ever a beadle looked tender, Mr Bumble was so at that moment
Slide 2
Mr Bumble wiped his lips, and deliberately kissed the matron
Slide 3
Inexplicable conduct of Bumble when left alone
Slide 4
Bumble taking a cursory glance at Mrs Corney's chest of drawers
Slide 5
'Oh, Mr Bumble, I have been so dreadfully put out!'
Slide 6
Mr Bumble imprinted a passionate kiss upon her chaste nose
Slide 7
Mr Bumble sat in the workhouse parlour
Slide 8
'Cheap!' cried a shrill voice in Mr Bumble's ear
Slide 9
Mrs Bumble dropped into a chair, and fell into a paroxysm of tears
Slide 10
Mrs Bumble defied him to talk about his prerogative
Slide 11
Mrs Bumble caught up a bowl of soapsuds, and ordered him to depart
Slide 12
Mr Bumble boxed the ears of a boy, and walked into the street
Other related organisations

in stock of Riley Brothers, 1895-1914 (item ref. 834)

in stock of Wrench & Son, 1898

in stock of J. Lizars, 1909 (item ref. 12)

in stock of Ivens & Co., 1913

Main type of image
drawing / painting / print
Main usage of set
story
Date of first manufacture
1892
Reading or song

Charles Dickens, Bumble's courtship (n.d.)

Notes

The 1898 Wrench catalogue adds section headings to the slide list: slides 1-6 are 'Before marriage', 7-12 are 'After marriage'.

Subject keyword
DICKENS, Charles  (1812-1870)
Lucerna ID  3001141

Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 18 May 2024

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