Magic lantern slide set, 'Rather Warm'

A set of hand coloured magic lantern life model slides, entitled 'Rather Warm', 19 slides (original set contained 20 slides, no. 19 missing). Manufactured by Walter Tyler, London, c. 1893. 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.

Walter Tyler began his career as a lantern exhibitor and in 1885 opened a shop in London. Walter Tyler Ltd developed into one of the largest retailers of lanterns, lantern accessories and slides in Britain.