Magic lantern slide set, 'Two Yorkshire Lads'

A set of 12 hand coloured life model magic lantern slides, entitled "Two Yorkshire Lads". Original set contained 12 slides, this set is missing number 5 and has two copies of number 12. Manufactured by G M Mason, Southampton, undated. From a collection of life model magic lantern slides, previously the lending library of Riley Brothers of Bradford.

Life model slides are photographic magic lantern slides in which costumed models are posed in scenes or locations to illustrate narratives, songs and other texts. They were produced commercially between the 1870s and the First World War. Typical subjects included temperance tales of alcoholism and other social vices, popular songs, recitations, comic subjects and religious services. They would come in sets which could be anything from 2 to 60 but averaged 12.