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Little Red Riding Hood |
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Once upon a time.... there was a wolf who approached a little girl in the wood. The girl did not know what a malicious beast it was, and so she was not at all afraid. 'Hello sweet girl' the wolf said in a mellifluous voice, 'Whither away so early?' 'To my granny' the child replied truthfully. 'She is ill and weak. I'll bring her wine and some meat. She might have something nice and strengthening.' The wolf showed a remarkable interest. 'Where does your Grandmother live? he asked. Of course the girl had better not answered, however she did.... |
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Wonderful hand painted magic lantern slide, framed in
mahogany. Made by the London firm of Lejeune, c. 1875. The label reads 'Selected Pictures -
Little Red Riding Hood - Le Jeune.'. Size frame 7" x 4"; glass 3" diameter. |
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Le Petit Chaperon rouge est envoyé par sa mère pour porter un pot de beurre et une galette a sa mère grand. | |||
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Le Petit Chaperon rouge ayant rencontré compère le loup. Commet l'imprudence de lui ensaignait (mispelling; in fact, read "enseigner") la demeure de sa mère grand. | |||
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Le Petit Chaperon rouge s'amuse le long de son chemin à courir après les papillons. | |||
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Qui est là? C'est votre petite-fille dit loup, qui vous apporte un pot de beurre et une galette. Tire la chevillette, la bobinette cherra (old French: move the locker and it will get open) répondit la mère grand. | |||
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Qui est là?
dit le loup. C'est votre petite fille qui vous apporte un pot de beurre et
une galette. Tire la chevillette et la bobinette cherra répondit le loup. |
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| 'Le Petit Chaperon Rouge', French, about 1850. Long, unmounted glass strip, dimensions 9" x 2.5" (23 x 6 cm). These five slides are from a series of (probably) six. The contours of the figures and the texts are applied by the calqueer method and coloured by hand afterwards. Those French slides, which were mostly added to lanterns from Aubert and Lapierre, incorporate characteristic manuscript-style captions. |
 Magic lantern, Lapierre |
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 Another French set of Petit Chaperon slides, probably made by Lapiere. |
 Single Slipping Slide in a wooden frame. When suddenly the wolf makes his appearance Little Red Riding Hood is frightened. The expression on her face shows this clearly.  |
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| The complete story told in a set of twelve 3 1/4" x 3 1/4" slides (above) and in a set of four oblong slides with the same pictures, 9 x 2.5" or 23 x 6.3 cm (below). | |||
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In this more animal friendly
version of the cruel story, Little Red Riding Hood does not allow killing
the wolf, but sells the beast to a Wild Beast Show. The slides form part of a set, framed in mahogany and bearing the label of Williams, Brown & Earle, Philadelphia c. 1890. Size: 4 x 3 1/4" (8 x 10 cm). |
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Another set lantern slides that ends like the set
before: the wolf is donated to a travelling circus. |
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More Red Riding Hood.... |
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