The story of Pussy's road to ruin. Coloured magic lantern slides.

Date:
[between 1800 and 1899?]
Reference:
755046i
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Description

Pussy is well brought up by her mother, dame Tabby, and is taught to spin and catch mice for her master. She is accosted by a grimalkin called master Tom who is a cad dressed in a pseudo-military manner. He leads Pussy into crime by teaching her to kill birds; first they kill a jackdaw and chickens, and then he cajoles her into stealing a mutton chop and sausages and killing a canary. Her master catches her and as a punishment imprisons her in a cellar behind a grill

Publication/Creation

[London?] : [publisher not identified], [between 1800 and 1899?]

Physical description

12 photographs : transparencies, coloured ; each 8.2 x 9 cm

Lettering

Title "Pussy's road to ruin" on accompanying sheet Slide no. 6, view of kitchen, shows box of "Borwick's [baki]ng powder"

Notes

With accompanying lecture sheet

Reference

Wellcome Collection 755046i

Where to find it

  • slides 1-12

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