In four columns, with the title and two woodcuts above the first two; the columns are separated by a line of ornaments., Full stop after "daughter" in first line of verse, Verse begins: "There was a shepherd's daughter.", Date from ESTC., Mounted on leaf 6. Copy trimmed., and Bound in three-quarters red morocco leather with marbled boards, with spine title stamped in gold: Old English ballads, woodcuts, vol. 1.
Publisher:
Printed and sold in Aldermary Church-Yard, Bow-Lane
Subject (Topic):
Young men, Conduct of life, Young women, Love, Courtship, Knights, and Shepherdesses
Lawyer outwitted to the tune of I'll love thee more and more
Description:
In four columns with lines of ornamental type between each column; the title and two woodcuts are above the first two columns., Verse begins: "Of a rich counsellor I write,", Imprint below the third and fourth columns., Date from ESTC., Mounted on leaf 24. Copy trimmed., and Bound in three-quarters red morocco leather with marbled boards, with spine title stamped in gold: Old English ballads, woodcuts, vol. 1.
Publisher:
Printed and sold at the Printing-Office in Bow-Church-Yard, London
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Topic):
Broadsides, Elopement, Love, Man-woman relationships, Fathers and daughters, Lawyers, Wealth, and Horseback riding
Satire: a young couple seated together on a sofa as they drink coffee, a plate beside her on a table. The husband on the right has his arm around his bride as they look at each other fondly
Alternative Title:
Honeymoon
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
Printed for Carington Bowles, at his Map & Print Warehouse, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
A young woman picking apples is watched by a youth who hides behind the tree and bushes on the right, his right hand over his heart; more trees in the background and the edge of a thatched cottage to left and a stream in the distance, right
Description:
Title engraved below image. and Below title is engraved a song of six verses in three columns that begins: On Richmond Hill there lives a lass, More bright than May-day morn ...
Publisher:
Published July 20th, 1794, by John Fairburn, map, chart & printseller, No. 146 Minories, London
Date of publication from ESTC., Verse - "Young lovers pray draw near, a story you shall hear,". - In four columns with the title over the first two; the columns are not separated by rules., Mounted on leaf 48. Copy trimmed., and Bound in three-quarters red morocco leather with marbled boards, with spine title stamped in gold: Old English ballads, woodcuts, vol. 3.
Publisher:
Printed and sold at Sympson's Warehouse, in Stonecutter-Street, Fleet-Market
Subject (Geographic):
London (England)
Subject (Topic):
Merchants, Criminal behavior, Love, Letter-writing, Charity, Man-woman relationships, and Social life and customs
Date of publication from ESTC., Verse in three parts: "Of all the merry frolicks"., In five columns with the title above the first two; one woodcut is above the first column depicting a man and the second depicting a demon is above the fourth column; the columns are not separated by rules., Mounted on leaf 17. Copy trimmed., and Bound in three-quarters red morocco leather with marbled boards, with spine title stamped in gold: Old English ballads, woodcuts, vol. 2.
Publisher:
Printed by M. Bowley, No. 96 Aldersgate Street, London
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Topic):
Broadsides, Ballads, English, Fathers and daughters, Parent and child, Courtship, Lifestyle, Deception, Man-woman relationships, Clergy, Love, and Demons
Werter clutches his head in anguish as he stands before Charlotte on a sofa supporting her head on one hand as she reaches out imploringly towards Werter. The pictures on the wall amplify the subject
Alternative Title:
Last interview
Description:
Title etched below image., Text below publisher's line: At length with the firm determined voice of Virtue she cried Werter, and he was awed by it, tearing himself from her arms., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Watermark in center of sheet.
Publisher:
Pubd. March 29 1786 by E. Jackson No. 14 Marylebone Street Golden Square
True love requited, or, The bailiffs daughter of Islington and Bailiffs daughter of Islington
Description:
Date of publication from ESTC., Verse - Above the woodcut: "The young man's friends the maid did scorn," and below it: "There was a youth, and a well-beloved youth,". - In three columns with the title above the first two and the woodcut in the first; the columns are separated by ornamental rules., Mounted on leaf 55. Copy trimmed., and Bound in three-quarters red morocco leather with marbled boards, with spine title stamped in gold: Old English ballads, woodcuts, vol. 2.
Publisher:
Printed and sold in Aldermary Church-yard, Bow-Lane, London
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and London (England)
Subject (Topic):
Broadsides, Ballads, English, Love, Man-woman relationships, Apprentices, and Social life and customs
