A tragical ballad of the unfortunate loves of Lord Thomas and fair Eleanor : together with the downfal of the brown girl

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Title: A tragical ballad of the unfortunate loves of Lord Thomas and fair Eleanor : together with the downfal of the brown girl
Alternative Title: Tragical ballad, of the unfortunate love of Lord Thomas and fair Eleanor
Published / Created: [between 1754 and 1783]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Printed and sold at No. 4 Aldermary Church Yard
Description: In three columns with the title above the first two; a woodcut is in middle of the second column; imprint is below the third column; the columns are not separated by rules.
Dated from the address; see David Stoker, "Another look at the Dicey-Marshall publications: 1736-1806", The Library, ser. 7, v. 15:2 (June 2014), 111-157.
Verse begins: "Lord Thomas he was a bold forester,".
Mounted on leaf 72. Copy trimmed.
Bound in three-quarters red morocco leather with marbled boards, with spine title stamped in gold: Old English ballads, woodcuts, vol. 1.
Extent: 1 sheet ([1] page) : 20 x 30 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been no.
Language: English

Genre: Texts
Poetry
Early works to 1800
Ballads
Broadside poems
Woodcuts England London 1760
Material: 1 woodcut ;
Resource Type: still image and text
Subject (Geographic): England
Subject (Topic): Ballads, English
Man-woman relationships
Murder
Suicide
Courtship
Betrayal
Decapitations
Dead persons
Daggers & swords
Subjects: Ballads, English > England > Texts
Man-woman relationships > Poetry > Early works to 1800
Murder > Poetry > Early works to 1800
Suicide > Poetry > Early works to 1800
Courtship > Poetry > Early works to 1800
Betrayal > Poetry > Early works to 1800
Decapitations
Dead persons
Daggers & swords
England > London > 1760

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