J. Theobald and Company's extra special illustrated catalogue of magic lanterns, slides and apparatus (circa 1900)

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75 Mottoes, Curtains, &c. 1 Good Night—Child going upstairs with candle 2 ,, Children watching stars 3 ,, Ship at sea 4 f, Countr)’’ cottage 5 ,, Three drummer boys 6 „ Number of children’s heads, gaping and crying 7 ,, Smack on sea shore 8 ,, Turret of steeple and owls 9 „ Windmill by moonlight 10 ,, Country scene and birds 11 ,, Church in winter 12 ,, Girl with candle 13 ,, Bird’s nest 14 ,, Curtain and sea view 15 ,, Medallion and flowers 16 ,, Child gaping 17 ,, Courtier with placard 18 ,, Child asleep 19 ,, Bird singing 20 ,, Old family mansion 21 . Rowing boat moored to shore 22 „ Kitten gaping .23 ,, Cat after birds 24 ,, Large Medallion 25 ,, Village church 26 Welcome—Girl with tambourine 27 ,, Birds on branch of tree 28 ,, Birds flying 29 ,, The cat band 30 ,, Landing on the shore 31 ,, Ducks feeding 32 ,, Children laughing 33 t( Falstaff 34 ,, Child making curtsey 35 ,, Girl gathering flowers 36 ,, Going on board ship 37 Welcome—Indians on sea shore 38 ,, Plough boy 39 ,, Man with drum 40 ,, Sail of a ship, with birds flying and sea view 41 ,, Ship approaching land Assorted Mottoes. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 29 20 21 Ten minutes interval, with landscape scene Silence, old village bridge Adieu, Indians watching ship Goodbye, Ditto A merry Christmas, cottage covered with snow Compliments of the Season, child and dogs walking Compliments of the Season, under the mistletoe A Merry Christmas, with sweep Silence, witli river scene Compliments of the Season, birds in trees ,, ,, ,, Mummers of the olden times Good evening, ship and trees Interval of five minutes—two men having refreshments Portrait of the Queen, with the words “ God save the Queen ” Queen surrounded with representations from all our colours, with words “ God save the Queen ” Curtain Slide with circular view ,, ,, Sea view ,, ,, View of mountains ,, ,, Complete drop curtain ,, ,, With Eastern scene ,, ,, With Japanese Lady pointing with fan A Magnificent New and Copyright Tem- perance Set entitled: “The Bottle Imp,” or “The Drink Fiend.” Redrawn by permission from Sketches in the “ Police Newsf with original Reading. COPYRIGHT. 1 Title Picture (original design) Copyright 2 Portrait of Geo. Cruikshank, Esq. 3 St. Paul’s Day 4 St. Paul’s Night 5 The Happy Home 6 The First Temptation 6a Demon effect for Ditto 7 A drop too much 7aThe Demon Support (effect) 8 The first shock 9 Want 9a Demon effect for Ditto 10 Beggary 11 Madness iia Repeat No. 9a effect 12 Suicide 12a Effect Slide, of man sinking into water 12b Effect of Demon appearing, and Moon rising, with ripple on water 13 The Home of Tenn^erance 13a Angel effect for No. 13 When ordoiing above set, please say whether for Single or Bi-unial Lantern, as it is arranged for both. ' This set is 45/- Ye Elephant and ye Tailor. Reading, 4d. 1 Title picture 2 The friendly call (Tailor at work) 3 The Tailor pricks the Elephants trunk with his needle 4 The Tailor resumes his work 5 The Elephant (packing his trunk) at the river 6 The Elephant returning “on mischief bent” 7 The Elephant punishes the Tailor 8 “ Revenge,” a regular swamper