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George Speaight Punch & Judy Collection
Magic Lantern Slide
late 19th century (published)
late 19th century (published)
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| Place of origin |
Hand coloured glass slide depicting Mr Punch dancing with Jim Crow, number five of a set of 12.
The following text accompanies the slide during a magic lantern show:
Punch: Hullo! here’s Jim Crow. Jimmy, my boy, how are you? Give us a dance old boy. Oh, see us dance the polka! We can do it Jimmy, my boy, they don’t crow over us much. You should just see Toby dance. By jove didn’t he make me dance too just now when he had 'old of my poor old nose.
The following text accompanies the slide during a magic lantern show:
Punch: Hullo! here’s Jim Crow. Jimmy, my boy, how are you? Give us a dance old boy. Oh, see us dance the polka! We can do it Jimmy, my boy, they don’t crow over us much. You should just see Toby dance. By jove didn’t he make me dance too just now when he had 'old of my poor old nose.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | George Speaight Punch & Judy Collection (named collection) |
| Materials and techniques | Hand coloured glass |
| Brief description | Hand coloured glass slide for a magic lantern show depicting Mr Punch dancing with Jim Crow, number five of a set of 12, George Speaight Punch & Judy Collection. |
| Physical description | Glass slide depicting Mr Punch dancing with Jim Crow. |
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| Credit line | Accepted by HM Government in Lieu of Inheritance Tax and allocated to the V&A in 2010. |
| Summary | Hand coloured glass slide depicting Mr Punch dancing with Jim Crow, number five of a set of 12. The following text accompanies the slide during a magic lantern show: Punch: Hullo! here’s Jim Crow. Jimmy, my boy, how are you? Give us a dance old boy. Oh, see us dance the polka! We can do it Jimmy, my boy, they don’t crow over us much. You should just see Toby dance. By jove didn’t he make me dance too just now when he had 'old of my poor old nose. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | S.1227-2010 |
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| Record created | June 23, 2010 |
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