Magic Lantern Slide: Beverley Misericord - Hanging the Fox
This photographic slide by William Weaver Baker shows a misericord in Beverley Minster which depicts a fox being hung by six geese. The geese are shown holding the rope in their beaks. In other misericords at Beverly Minster the fox is depicted as a Dominican Friar with geese representing the congregation. The misericords at Beverley Minster are believed to have been carved by the Ripon School of Carvers in 1520. Misericords are generally found on the underside of choir stalls, providing a shelf to lean on when standing during long services.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 313/1977/504
- Collection Class
- Social and industrial history
- Material
- glasspaperphotographic emulsion
- Common Name
- Magic Lantern Slide: Beverley Misericord - Hanging the Fox
- Simple Name
- slide
- Inscription Transcription
- handwritten 'MISERICORDE Beverley' on top edge; handwritten 'Beverley Misericord. Hanging the Fox.' on mount
- Period Classification
- Edwardian (1901-1914); World War I (1914-1918); Inter War (1918-1939)
- Production Country
- United Kingdom
- Production Person Initials
- W. Weaver
- Production Person Surname
- Baker
