The unhappy lady of Hackney

Description

Title: The unhappy lady of Hackney
Published / Created: [between 1775 and 1783?]
Publication Place: London and England London
Publisher: Printed and sold at No. 4 Aldermary Church Yard
Description: Verse begins: "You youthful charming lady's fair,".
In four columns with the title and two woodcuts above the first two; imprint at foot of the last column, below a series of long dashes; the columns are separated by rules composed of long dashes.
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.
Mounted on leaf 58. Copy trimmed.
Bound in three-quarters red morocco leather with marbled boards, with spine title stamped in gold: Old English ballads, woodcuts, vol. 2.
Provenance: One of three volumes of ballads purchased from P. Murray Hill by W.S. Lewis; July 1948.
Extent: 1 sheet ([1] page) : 22 x 34 cm
Language: English

Genre: Early works to 1800
Single sheet verse
Broadside poems
Woodcuts England London 1775
Material: 2 woodcuts ;
Resource Type: text and still image
Subject (Topic): Ballads, English
Rape
Incest
Pregnancy
Death
Siblings
Seduction
Coffins
Clergy
Preachers
Funeral rites & ceremonies
Subjects: Ballads, English > 18th century
Rape > Early works to 1800
Incest > Early works to 1800
Pregnancy > Early works to 1800
Death > Early works to 1800
Siblings > Early works to 1800
Seduction
Coffins
Clergy
Preachers
Funeral rites & ceremonies
England > London > 1775

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