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Slide set: Aesop's fables (story: Newton & Co., 63 slides, in/before 1888)

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Slide 1

no image available

Slide 2

Angler and Little Fish

Slide 3

Arab and Camel

Slide 4

Ass and his Driver

Slide 5

Ass and Lap Dog

Slide 6

Ass in Lion's Skin

Slide 7

Ass and its Shadow, No. 1

Slide 8

Ass and its Shadow, No. 2

Slide 9

Boasting Traveller

Slide 10

Boy and Wolf

Slide 11

Boy Bathing and Schoolmaster

Slide 12

Bundle of Sticks

Slide 13

Can't straighten it

Slide 14

Cock and the Jewel

Slide 15

Country Milkmaid, No. 1

Slide 16

Country Milkmaid, and Broken Pitcher, No. 1

Slide 17

Countryman and Snake

Slide 18

Dog and the Shadow

Slide 19

Dog invited to Supper

Slide 20

Dog in the Manger

Slide 21

Eagle and Jackdaw

Slide 22

Eagle and Tortoise

Slide 23

Fox and the Eagle

Slide 24

Fox and the Grapes

Slide 25

Fox and the Woodman

Slide 26

Fox and the Stork

Slide 27

Fox without a Tail

Slide 28

Frog and the Ox

Slide 29

Goose with the Golden Eggs

Slide 30

Great and Little Fishes

Slide 31

Hares and the Frogs

Slide 32

Hare and Tortoise

Slide 33

Herdsman and the Lost Bull

Slide 34

Hercules and the Waggoner

Slide 35

Horse and the Loaded Ass

Slide 36

House Dog and the Wolf

Slide 37

Husbandman and the Stork

Slide 38

Lark and Young Ones

Slide 39

Lion, Bear and Fox

Slide 40

Lion and other Beasts Hunting

Slide 41

Lion and the Mouse

Slide 42

Mercury and the Woodman

Slide 43

Mischievous Dog

Slide 44

Old Man and Death

Slide 45

Effect for Old Man and Death

Slide 46**

Stag at the Pool, No. 1

Slide 47

Stag at the Pool, No. 2

Slide 48

The Blackamoor being Washed

Slide 49

The Boatman and one-eyed Doe

Slide 50

The Lawsuit

Slide 51

The Old Hound

Slide 52

The Trumpeter taken Prisoner

Slide 53

The Miser and his Grief

Slide 54

The Quack Frog

Slide 55

The Wind and the Sun, No. 1

Slide 56

The Wind and the Sun, No. 2

Slide 57

Travellers and the Bear

Slide 58

Travellers and the Hatchet

Slide 59

Trees and the Axe

Slide 60

Wild Boar and the Fox

Slide 61

no image available

Slide 62

no image available

Slide 63

no image available

** there are alternative versions or views of this slide

Number of slides

Newton & Co., England

Other related organisation

in stock of Newton & Co., 1888-1948 (item ref. IG)

Main type of image

drawing / painting / print

Main usage of set

story

Date of first manufacture

unknown (latest possible 1888)

Related slide set

see generic title Aesop's fables (generic set title – 8 different versions are known)

Lucerna ID 3005159

Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 15 March 2021

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