Slide set: John Ploughman's pictures (lecture: York & Son, 38 slides, 1880-1887)

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Descriptive data for this set (listed below slide images)

Slide 1

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Slide 2

Never burn a Candle at both ends

Slide 3

One Hunchback laughs at another

Slide 4

Empty Sacks

Slide 5

The old Man and his Donkey

Slide 6

A Horn-Blower but not a Hunter

Slide 7

Don't shave with a Handsaw

Slide 8

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Slide 9

The Hole under the Nose

Slide 10

Sweep before your own Door

Slide 11

Duly Feed Man and Steed

Slide 12

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Slide 13

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Slide 14

He has got the Fiddle, but not the Stick

Slide 15

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Slide 16

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Slide 17

Ride not your Hobby too hard

Slide 18

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Slide 19

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Slide 20

The Cat's Foot

Slide 21

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Slide 22

You can't catch the Wind in a Net

Slide 23

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Slide 24

Like cat with kit

Slide 25

The Horse with a Halter

Slide 26

Beware of Man-Traps

Slide 27

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Slide 28

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Slide 29

Stick to it and succeed

Slide 30

Cart before the Horse

Slide 31

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Slide 32

Fools set Stools for Wise Men to stumble over

Slide 33

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Slide 34

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Slide 35

The cracked Dish

Slide 36

Grasp all and lose all

Slide 37

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Slide 38

Every Bird likes its own Nest

Number of slides

York & Son, England

Other related organisations

in stock of Riley Brothers, 1887-1914 (item ref. 70)

in stock of UK Band of Hope Union, 1891

in stock of E.G. Wood, 1894 (item ref. 7711-7748)

in stock of Wrench & Son, 1898

in stock of Newton & Co., 1899-1909 (item ref. IF)

in stock of North of England Temperance League, 1906 (item ref. 361)

in stock of J. Lizars, 1909 (item ref. 163)

in stock of Walter Tyler, 1909 (item ref. 493)

in stock of J.W. Butcher, 1913

in stock of Ivens & Co., 1913

Main type of image

life model

Main usage of set

lecture

Date of first manufacture

unknown (earliest possible 1880, latest possible 1887)

Reading or song

Charles H. Spurgeon, John Ploughman's pictures: or, more of his plain talk for plain people (London: Passmore and Alabaster, 1880)

Related slide sets

continued by John Ploughman's picture hymns (song: York & Son, 17 slides, in/before 1891)

see generic title John Ploughman's pictures (generic set title – 2 different versions are known)

People appearing in slides

YORK, Frederick (1823-1903) – slide 9

Collections

22 slides in Kirklees Museums and Galleries

Lucerna ID 3000435

Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 5 May 2024

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