Fun in an alley, or, The footman trapp'd.
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17124732
Description
- Title
- Fun in an alley, or, The footman trapp'd.
- Alternative Title
- Footman trapp'd
- Published / Created
- [between 1736 and 1763]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Printed and sold in Bow-Church-Yard, London
- Description
-
Verse begins: "Come all you young gallants that's passing along,"
In four columns with the title and two woodcuts above the first two; the columns are separated by columns of type ornaments.
The range of dates and printers’ names are from the Bodleian Library Ballads database; see also David Stoker, "Another look at the Dicey-Marshall publications: 1736-1806", The Library, ser. 7, v. 15:2 (June 2014), 111-157.
Imprint below fourth column.
Mounted on leaf 49. Copy trimmed.
Bound in three-quarters red morocco leather with marbled boards, with spine title stamped in gold: Old English ballads, woodcuts, vol. 1. - Provenance
- One of three volumes of ballads purchased from P. Murray Hill by W.S. Lewis; July 1948.
- Extent
- 1 sheet ([1] p.) : 20 x 34 cm.
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- Folio 74 OL1 v. 1
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Early works to 1800
Ballads
Single sheet verse
Broadside poems
Woodcuts England London 18th century - Material
- 2 woodcuts ;
- Subject (Topic)
-
Prostitution
Paternity
Domestics
Love
Gifts
Foundlings
Baskets - Subjects
-
Prostitution > Early works to 1800
Paternity > Early works to 1800
Domestics > Early works to 1800
Love > Early works to 1800
Gifts > Early works to 1800
Foundlings > Early works to 1800
Baskets
England > London > 18th century
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
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Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 10430915
- Object ID (OID)
- 17124732