The story of the airship and the convict. Coloured magic lantern slides.

Date:
[between 1890 and 1899?]
Reference:
754957i
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About this work

Description

Jack Spillikins has finished making his airship and sets off from the roof of his house on a trial flight. After three hours something is wrong, and he descends. He crashes in H.M. Prison Caughtland, from which, before he can recover, prisoner L.501 escapes by flying the airship out of the prison

Publication/Creation

London (52 Queen Vic[toria] St., London E.C.) : H.L. Toms, [between 1890 and 1899?]

Physical description

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

Contributors

Lettering

The airship and the convict Comic slides (Copyright). Last slide gives source of the designs: "From 'Scraps'"

Reference

Wellcome Collection 754957i

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Where to find it

  • nos. 1-?

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