Magic Lantern Slide: Beverley Misericord - The Fox Preaching
This photographic slide by William Weaver Baker shows a misericord at Beverley Minister, with a fox preaching to a congregation of geese. To the left of the fox is an ape, representing a clerk, with a goose on a pole behind him. The fox is related to the fables of Reynard the Fox and represents a Dominican Friar, as shown by his holding a rosary. On either side of the misericord, the supports show an owl on the left and a man showing a goose on the right. The misericords at Beverley Minster are believed to have been carved by the Ripon School of Carvers in 1520.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 313/1977/505
- Collection Class
- Social and industrial history
- Material
- glasspaperphotographic emulsion
- Common Name
- Magic Lantern Slide: Beverley Misericord - The Fox Preaching
- Simple Name
- slide
- Inscription Transcription
- handwritten 'MISERICORDE Beverley' on top edge; handwritten 'Beverley Misericord. The Fox Preaching.' 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
