Caption title., Publisher's advertisement following imprint: -- Cards, bills, &c. cheap and neatly printed., In one column with a woodcut above the title., A slip song., In verse., First line: Ye wives of Britain's Isle resent the suff'rings of our Queen ..., Printed on same sheet with another slip song: A new song. Royal Caroline. Tune, -- Soldiers gratitude., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Catnach, printer, 2, Monmouth-Court
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821
Caption title., First line: In the county of Norfolk, lived one Mr. Matthew Grey, a gentleman about 39 years of age, possessed of a very good estate., Printed in three columns. With three woodcut illustrations at top: one depicting a man about to hurl an infant; one depicting a man and a woman hanging from nooses; and one depicting a woman burning an infant's corpse in a fireplace while being watched through a window. With "A copy of verses" printed in lower right: Give ear to this most horrid tale, this dismal tragedy, so foul and deep it cannot fail to moisten every eye. ..., Matthew Grey, apparently insane, decided his wife was unfaithful and that he was not the father of his three children. Enraged, he murdered his entire family. The gruesome sounds of the murders attracted the attention of his neighbors, who rushed to the scene and apprehended Grey. Susan Smith, a girl of 17, was pregnant with an unwanted child. Unable to abort the pregnancy, she murdered the baby shortly after it was born. Her crime was discovered when a neighbor saw her attempting to burn the baby's corpse in a fireplace., Printer's advertisement following imprint: -- Cards and handbills printed very neat and cheap., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Printed by J. Catnach, 2, Monmouth-Court, 7 Dials
Subject (Geographic):
England, Norfolk., and England.
Subject (Name):
Grey, Matthew, -approximately 1830. and Smith, Susan, -approximately 1830.
Subject (Topic):
Murderers, Infanticide, Executions and executioners, and Hangings (Executions)
Caption title., First line: John Stacey, aged 21, and John Stacey his father, were indicted for the wilful murder ..., Printed in two columns. With woodcut illustration at top illustrating the scene of the execution which took place on the day of the Magdalen Hill Fair, Winchester, in front of a crowd. With a poem at the end "Mournful copy of verses": Come all ye youths of Britains Isle, and listen unto me, Take warning by my sad downfall, my evil destiny ..., John Stacey junior was convicted for the robbery and violent murder of Mr. Langtree and his housekeeper (and niece) Charity Jolliffe at their house in Portsmouth. This broadside offers the evidence of Ann Dyatt and James Hendy, who discovered the bodies, together with that of Mr. George Martell, surgeon, who examined the bodies. No evidence as to how Stacey was convicted is offered, but he, together with his father, both confessed to their crime. Stacey junior, who committed the murders, was executed; Stacey Senior, who was present during the crime, was sentenced to transportation., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Printed by J. Catnach, 7, Monmouth-Court, 7 Dials
Subject (Geographic):
England, Portsmouth., and Winchester.
Subject (Name):
Stacey, John, -1829.
Subject (Topic):
Murderers, Thieves, Murder, Executions and executioners, and Hangings (Executions)
Caption title., First lines: What horrid deeds from gaming, take place now every day, the human mind inflaming, 'tis sure to lead astray ..., Entirely in verse; text printed in five columns confined to lower half of sheet. The six woodcut illustrations include two portraits of the accused with mention of their punishments ("John Thurtell, guilty, death"; "Joseph Hunt for transporta[t]ion"); three views of areas associated with the crime ("A view of Gill's Hill Lane"; "View of Probert's cottage and pond"; "The pond where the body was found"); and an uncaptioned depiction of the public execution of Thurtell in front of a crowd of onlookers and hawkers., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Pitts printer, wholesale toy and marble warehouse, 6, Great St. Andrew Street, 7 Dials
Subject (Geographic):
England and Hertfordshire.
Subject (Name):
Weare, William, -1823., Thurtell, John, 1794-1824., Hunt, Joseph, active 19th century., and Probert, William, -1825.
Off Cape Finisterre lay the King's ship La Loire and Yeo! Yeo!
Description:
Caption title., Woodcut vignette of a frigate above title.., Refers to an incident in Muros Bay, June 4, 1805, in which the privateer L'Esperance was captured by the British through the exertions of Lt. Yeo of the Loire., and Laid down on card. For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Printed and sold by J. Jennings, No. 15, Water-lane, Fleet-street
Subject (Geographic):
Atlantic Ocean and Atlantic Ocean.
Subject (Name):
Yeo, James Lucas, Sir, 1782-1818 and Yeo, James Lucas, Sir, 1782-1818.
Subject (Topic):
Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815, Campaigns, Military campaigns, Sailing ships, and British
Caption title., In one column with a woodcut above the title., A slip song., In verse., First line: Come cheer up my Lads 'tis to glory we steer ..., Printed on same sheet with another slip song: The British seamen and their beloved Queen., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Catnach, printer, 2, Monmouth-Court, 7 Dials
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821
Described in Hoe, pp. 176-177., First edition, London, 1590., Head and tail pieces; initials., Imperfect [paragraph]1 (blank) wanting. 2 Pastoralls inserted at end of this impression. Autograph of Henry Oxenden (1628). Book-plate of Hannah D. Rabinowitz., Signatures: [paragraph]4, A-Z6, Aa-Zz6, Aaa-Bbb6., The Covntesse of Pembrokes Arcadia.--Sonets.--The defence of poesie.--Astrophel and Stella.--Her most Excellent Maiestie vvalking in VVansteed garden., and Title within ornamental woodcut border with a "porcupine" or boar at the head and foot.
Publisher:
Imprinted for William Ponsonbie.
Subject (Name):
Oxenden, Henry--Autograph. and Rabinowitz, Hannah D.--Bookplate.
Caption titles., Two slip songs printed on one sheet, in two columns, each titled separately and with a woodcut above., Printer's statement from first column. Additional printer's statements in second column: Printed & sold by J. Pitts, 6, Great St. Andrew Street, Seven Dials ; Pitts, wholesale toy warehouse., On the return of Queen Caroline to England in 1820., In verse., First line of "The Queen of the Isles": O haste, Caroline, jaste, o'er the wide water ..., First line of "The royal wanderer": O say, ye virgins, have ye seen ..., and Laid on to stiff blue paper. For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
J. Pitts, printer and toy warehouse, 6, Grea[t] St. Andrew Street, 7 Dials
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821
Caption titles., Two columns of text within a black lined border, each with its own title with a circular woodcut portrait of "Her Most Gracious Majesty, Queen Caroline" at top, within a decorative border., Broadside in support of Caroline after her exclusion from the coronation ceremony of George IV in 1821., In verse., Printer's advertisement following imprint: --Bills, cards, &. printed cheap., First line of "The Queens visit to Scotland": Let Scotia's harp awake and sing ..., First line of "The mourning Queen": Where shall I go to find repose ..., and Laid on to stiff blue paper. For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Catnach, printer, 2, Monmouth-court, 7 Dials ...
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821