Caption title., Date based on publisher J. Jennings's activity dates. See: Todd, W.B. Directory of printers and others in allied trades, London & vicinity, 1800-1840, page 107., In one column with a printer's ornament above the title., A slip song., In verse., First line: All is silent and dark - on the night's heavy air ..., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Printed and sold by Jennings, No. 13, Water-lane, Fleet-street, London
A satire, in verse., Also published later with title: The true Protestants litany., Begins: More ballades, -- here's a spick - & - span new supplication ..., and BEIN BrSides By6 1660: Imperfect: frayed, with loss of text.
Verse in three parts begins: "Here is a penny-worth of wit"., Printed in five columns with the title and imprint above the first two; the columns are not separated by rules., Full stop at end of title and no punctutation at end of the first line of verse., Dated from the address; see David Stoker, "John Marshall, John Evans, and the Cheap Repository tracts, 1793-1800", PBSA 107:1 (2013), 81-118., Mounted on leaf 13. 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 by J. Evans and Co. 41 Long-lane West-Smithfield
Subject (Topic):
Prostitution, Husband and wife, Adultery, Merchants, and Wealth
Verse in three parts begins: "Here is a pennyworth of wit,"., In five columns with the title above the first two and imprint below the last two; the columns are not separated by rules., Full stop at end of title., 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 12. 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 in Bow-Church Yard, London
Subject (Topic):
Prostitution, Husband and wife, Adultery, Merchants, and Wealth
Date of publication from ESTC., Verse of 26 lines in acrostic form; first lines: O God, my God! In rivers of my tears I come to thee., Below imprint: Price One Penny, or 8d per dozen., Mounted on leaf 16. 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 by W. Bailey, at No. 28 Great Tower-street, London
"There was a Captain Ward, there was a King's ship Rainbow, but that the two ever fought is a balladmonger's fiction"--(Dict. of nat. biog.)., BEIN BrSides By6 1670: Imperfect? Imprint cut away?, and In verse; begins: "Strike up ye lusty gallants, with music sound of drum."
In five columns with the title and woodcut above the first two; imprint below the last three; the columns are not separated by rules., Date range conjectural; other ballads with similar imprints are also undated; printer’s name conjectured from other imprints recorded by Wing., Verse begins: "In Rome a nobleman did wed"., In this setting line 24 begins with "straight"., Not in Wing., Mounted on leaf 52. Copy trimmed., Bound in three-quarters red morocco leather with marbled boards, with spine title stamped in gold: Old English ballads, woodcuts, vol. 1., and Sheet in two pieces repaired and mounted as one piece.
Publisher:
Printed by and for C.B. [Brown?] and sold by J. Walter, at the Hand and Pen in High Holborn
Subject (Geographic):
Rome (Italy)
Subject (Topic):
Household employees, Murder, Master and servant, Abused children, Pleading (Begging), Homicides, and Criminals
Caption title above woodcut., Date range conjectural., Verse begins: "In Rome a nobleman did wed"., In five columns with the title and woodcut above the first three; the columns are not separated by rules., In this setting line 24 begins with "and"., Mounted on leaf 51. 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:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Rome (Italy)
Subject (Topic):
Household employees, Murder, Master and servant, Abused children, Pleading (Begging), Homicides, and Criminals
A satirical broadside, with two vignettes of the "Weaver". On the left the weaver is at his loom his back to his wife who is seated at the hearth warming her hands over the fire. On the right he is shown in the disguise of a Friar receiving his wife for confession as she kneels before him. Two columns of verse below: "A weaver jealous of his wife like many, Still dream't of horns before the Knave had any ... Twas you were the young man the old man & [the] Fryer. Finis."
Alternative Title:
Weaver jealous of his wife like many, Still dream't of horns before the Knave had any ...
Description:
Title from engraved text above image., All engraved., Date from British Book Trade Index., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and With "Pro Patria" watermark.
Publisher:
Printed and sold by Samuel Lyne, map and printseller at the Globe in Newgate Street
Subject (Topic):
Adultery, Weavers, Looms, Fireplaces, Confessions, Costumes, and Monks
Caption title., Single column of text, dated August 8th, 1821 at bottom, within mourning border., In verse., First line: What means this inward, universal moan ..., Lewis Walpole Library copy: Imperfect, sheet trimmed to 37 x 13 cm with loss of imprint statement., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Published by Dean & Munday, Thread-needle-street
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821
Caption title., Date based on publisher J. Jennings's activity dates. See: Todd, W.B. Directory of printers and others in allied trades, London & vicinity, 1800-1840, page 107., In one column., A slip song., In verse., First line: Well met, friend, on the highway ..., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Printed and sold by Jennings, 13, Water-lane, Fleet-street, London
A broadside with seven verses in letterpress below an engraving, representing three Red Indian Chiefs in their national costumes -- "The Stalking Turkey", "The Pouting Pidgeon", "The Man killer". This satire written on the occasion of the arrival in London of three chiefs of the Cherokee Nation, on an embassy to the Court of George III, and the impression these envoys produced on the English
Description:
Caption title., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., Bowditch's annotations on mounting sheet., Annotated in an unknown hand below verse., and Mounted to 56 x 37 cm; some damage to edges and lower corners.
Publisher:
Sold by the author, opposite the Union Coffee-House, in the Strand, near Temple-Bar, and by all the print and pamphlet seller[s]
Begins: The devil has left his puritanical dress., On the flood of scurrilous pamphlets which appeared when the censorship of the press was not renewed after the dissolution of Parliament., Printed in 2 columns., and Reprinted in Bagford ballads, v.2, p. 715-719.
Date of publication supplied by cataloger., Verse begins: "When first I came to London town,"., In two columns with the title in four lines centered above both; the columns are not separated by 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. 3.
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
Title from text printed in letterpress above image., Imprint statement in letterpress near lower edge of sheet., Active datesof publisher according to British Museum catalogue: ca. 1814-1815., Date of publication from unverified data from local card catalog record: 1817., Three columns of verse in letterpress below image: Come all you merry jades, who love to play the game ..., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Printed and sold by T. Batchelar, 115 Long Alley, Moorfields
Title printed below design on the plate and continuously on the sheet below plate mark., Three columns of verse in 17 stanzas below title: Young Damon and Phyllis whose hearts were entwined, Who felt for each other a flame, Oft talked of the vows that ought lovers to bind ..., Parody of a ballad of the same title in The Monk by M.G. Lewis., Temporary local subject terms: Interiors: parlor -- Architectural details: wainscot -- Wedding feast -- Emotions: fear -- Food: suckling pig -- Roasted poultry -- Table-settings -- Reference to Charles Few., and Watermark: Russell & Co. 1798 [date mostly trimmed].
Publisher:
Published 4th June 1799, by Laurie & Whittle, No. 53 Fleet Street, London
Verse begins: "Henry our royal King would ride a hunting,"., 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., In four columns with the title above the first two and imprint below the last two; the columns are separated by columns of type ornaments., Mounted on leaf 5. 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.
Princely song of King Richard, sirnamed Cordelion, and of his bold courage and lamentable death
Description:
Date of publication from ESTC., "A noble Christian warrior,". - In five columns with the title, prose introduction and woodcut above the first three; the columns are not separated by rules., Full imprint statement reads: Northampton, Printed by William Dicey, of whom may be had all sorts of old and new ballads, broadsheets, histories, copper plates, pictures cut in wood, &c. much better printed, and cheaper than at any other place in England., Mounted on leaf 26. 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.
An illustrated handbill describing the execution of Joseph Wall, former Governor of Goree, for unlawful execution in 1782 of Serjeant B. Armstrong. The large woodcut illustration depicts the punishment devised by Wall and shows the victim being whipped by presumably enslaved "black men" described in detail in the verses below
Description:
Caption title., Printed in two columns., Partially in verse; the short description of Wall's execution is followed by a six stanza poem, with the heading "A copy of verses on the melancholy occasion.", Publisher's advertisement following imprint: - Where may be had, price 6d. the Trial of Governor Wall, including a biographical account of his life, and the whole particulars of his execution., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Printed and sold by J. Davenport, 6, George's Court, St. John's Gate, London
Subject (Name):
Wall, Joseph, 1737-1802,
Subject (Topic):
Punishment & torture, Whipping, and Enslaved people
Date of publication supplied by cataloger., Title from first two lines of verse., Mounted on leaf 4. 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.
"God above that made all things,". - In three columns with the title and two woodcuts above the first two; the columns are separated by ornamental 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., In three columns with the title and two woodcuts above the first two; imprint at the foot of the third, below a single rule; the columns are separated by columns of type ornaments., Mounted on leaf 46. 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 (Topic):
Drinking of alchoholic beverages, Tobacco pipes, Drinking vessels, Wine, Bottles, and Smoking
Caption title., Date based on publisher John Pitts's street address. See: Todd, W.B. Directory of printers and others in allied trades, London & vicinity, 1800-1840, page 151., In one column with a woodcut above the title., A slip song., In verse., First line: A sweet country life is both pleasant and charming ..., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Printed and sold by J. Pitts, No. 14 Great St. Street, Andrew Seven Dials
"A broadside on Matthew Skeggs, a publican who became famous for miming music-making with a broomstick while making matching vocal sounds; with a round mezzotint after a painting by Thomas King, showing Skeggs facing towards the right, next to the portrait an etched broomstick surmounted by a dancing hog, and a suspended horn; with engraved title and verses of one poem and of one song text by Henry Howard in two columns."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Introduction. Each buck & jolly fellow has heard of Skegginello
Description:
Engraved broadside, in verse in two columns., Printmaker identified as Richard Houston in the British Museum catalogue., Date from British Museum., At head of title: Introduction. Each buck & jolly fellow has heard of Skegginello. The famous Skegginallo that grunts so pretty upon his broomsticado. Such music he has made, O. Twill spoil the fiddling trade, O. And that's a pity. ..., and Mezzotint portrait at head signed, with fictitious signature: "G Pigganinne Fecit". After a portrait by Thomas King.
Publisher:
Printed for John Ryall, at Hogarth's Head, in Fleet Street
Tragical ballad, of the unfortunate love of Lord Thomas and fair Eleanor
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., 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 No. 4 Aldermary Church Yard
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Ballads, English, Man-woman relationships, Murder, Suicide, Courtship, Betrayal, Decapitations, Dead persons, and Daggers & swords
Tragical ballad, of the unfortunate love of Lord Thomas and fair Eleanor
Description:
Dated from the address; see David Stoker, "John Marshall, John Evans, and the Cheap Repository tracts, 1793-1800", PBSA 107:1 (2013), 81-118., Verse - "Lord Thomas he was a bold forester,"., In three columns with the title and woodcuts above the first two; the columns are not separated by rules., In this edition line 3 of title is printed in roman type., Imprint below thrid column., Mounted on leaf 74. 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.
Range of publication dates from the Bodleian Library Ballads database., Verse - "Lord Thomas he was a bold Forester,"., In this edition, the text is in four columns, with the title and two woodcuts (one of a man; the other of a woman) above the first two columns. The first and second columns are separated by lines of ornamental type, as are the third and fourth columns., Mounted on leaf 73. 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 by Thomas Saint
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Topic):
Broadsides, Ballads, English, Man-woman relationships, Murder, Suicide, Courtship, and Betrayal
Caption title., The poem is signed "Quod J.C." [J.C., i.e. James Catnach?]., A broadside in two columns announcing the death of Queen Caroline, followed by a poem "A lament for Caroline, the rose of England", the whole text surrounded by a black border., 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 and Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821.
"Broadside; the text in five columns: small cuts I-X on the left and right, each with an eight-line verse below it; cuts XI and XII above and below the three centre columns. Cut I. The Queen's arrival in England, and Marriage. The Prince leads her ashore from a small boat. Cut II. Taking farewell of Charlotte [1814]. Mother and daughter weep, turning from each other; the Princess approaches a ship's boat, Cut III. Her Return--Landing at Dover [June 1820]. She is rowed to shore by two sailors. Cut IV. Her Trial in the House of Lords. A simplified but recognizable view. Cut V. Her Acquittal. She drives in an open carriage past Carlton House. Cut VI. Procession to St. Paul's. A similar carriage scene with St. Paul's in the background. Cut VII. The Highlanders' Address. Highlanders in a carriage with banners (cf. British Museum Satires No. 13934). Cut VIII. Refused Admittance into the Abbey. She gestures at the partly closed door between a sentry and the rejecting doorkeeper. Cut IX. Death-Bed of the Queen. The bed surrounded by weeping mourners. Cut X. Embarkation of Her Body at Harwich. The coffin is swung by tackle into a ship's boat. Cut XI. The Queen's Funeral Procession at Brunswick. The coffin, with crown and royal arms, is borne towards a church door (right) where girls scatter flowers. Cut XII. Queen Caroline's Tomb. Britannia weeps, and her Lion registers anger, beside the tomb of Caroline The Injured Queen of England, topped by a large urn on which is her bust portrait. The text includes the funeral prayer, 'A Dirge' and 'An Elegy . . .' (28 11.): 11. 7-10: 'A seperation hardly to be borne, Her only Daughter from her arms was torn! And next discarded--driven from her home, An unprotected Wanderer to roam!' The verses below Cut XII end: 'For the King shall be Judg'd with the poor of the earth, And, perhaps the poor man will be greater than he. Until that great day we leave Caroline's wrongs, Meantime, may, "Repentance" her foes o'ertake; O grant it kind POWER, to whom alone it belongs' AMEN. Here an end of this Hist'ry we make."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Caption title., "Quod Jas. C-tn--h, Dec. 10th, 1821."--Bottom of sheet., Woodcuts with accompanying letterpress text, mostly in verse., "Entered at Stationer's Hall."--Below imprint in square brackets., "Price 2d."--Upper right., and For the first edition, see No. 14255 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 10.
Publisher:
Printed and sold wholesale and retail by J. Catnatch, 2, Monmouth Court, 7 Dials
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, Charlotte Augusta, Princess of Great Britain, 1796-1817,, Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords,, and St. Paul's Cathedral (London, England),
Subject (Topic):
Death and burial, Arrivals & departures, Carriages & coaches, Parades & processions, Deathbeds, Funeral processions, and Tombs & sepulchral monuments
Begins: "Whom Scotlands ayre brought forth, and Englands nurst"; woodcut of Charles I on his sarcophagus follows the text. and BEIN By37 30di: Folded and bound with Eikōn basilikē. The povrtraictvre of His Sacred Maiestie. [n.p.] 1648.
"All ye youths of fair England,". - In six columns with the title above the first three; the columns are not separated by rules. - The same setting of type was issued both without an imprint and with a shorter imprint excluding "no. 4"., 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., In six columns with the title above the first three; the imprint at foot of the sixth, below a single rule; the columns are not separated by rules., The same setting of type was issued both without an imprint and with a shorter imprint excluding "no. 4"., 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. 3.
Publisher:
Printed and sold at no. 4, Aldermary Church Yard
Subject (Geographic):
England and London
Subject (Name):
Barnwell, George
Subject (Topic):
Murder, Criminal behavior, Prostitution, Young men, Conduct of life, Apprentices, Robbery, and Merchants
Excellent ballad of a dreadful combat between Moore of Moore-Hall and the dragon of Wantley and Excellent ballad of a dreadful combat betwen Moore of Moore-Hall and the dragon of Wantley
Description:
Date of publication from ESTC., Verse begins: "Old stories ells how Percules"., The "t" of "tells" has failed to print., Percules" is a corruption of "Hercules"., In four columns with the title above the first two and a woodcut above the first; the columns are separated by ornamental rules., Mounted on leaf 7. 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.
The duel between Mohun and Hamilton took place 15 November 1712., Verse -- "Come all ye people far and near,"., In four columns with the title and woodcut above the first three; the columns are separated by lines of ornamental type., Mounted on leaf 71. 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, London
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Hamilton, James Douglas, Duke of, 1658-1712 and Mohun, Charles Mohun, Baron, 1675?-1712
Verse -- "When as the King of England dy'd,"., In five columns with the title, prose introduction and woodcut above the first three; the columns are not separated by rules., Title continues: in respect that many children never would have learn'd read had not they took delight in poring over Jane Shore or Robin Hood & c. which has insensibly stole into them a curiosity and desire of reading other like stories ..., Date from ESTC., Mounted on leaf 34. Copy trimmed into two pieces with last two columns mounted below main portion., 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 by William Dicey
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
Edward, IV, King of England, 1442-1483
Subject (Topic):
Regicide, Kings and rulers, Succession, Prisons, Homicides, Torches, and Daggers & swords
Verse begins: "How fares my dear Leabde? O vouchsafe to speak"., Anonymous. By Humphrey Crouch., Lee was active at this address in 1733., In four columns with the title above the first two and the imprint below the fourth; the columns are not separated by rules., Mounted on leaf 22. 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 by G. Lee in Blue-Maid-Alley near the Marshalsea, Southwark
Caption title., In verse., Text within ornamental border., An ode to Queen Caroline, who died soon after the Coronation of her husband George IV, an event to which she was refused entry., First line: The fairest of flowers must shed all its blossom ..., "Price one penny."--Following imprint., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Printed & published by B. Johnson, Hudson's-Court, 482, Strand, London
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821
Verse - "Here I must tell the praise of worthy Whit-"., 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., In this edition, the text is in four columns, with the title above the first two columns. There are four woodcuts. The first and second woodcuts are above their respective columns. The third woodcut is located in the middle of the third column. The fourth woodcut is located near the top of the fourth column., Mounted on leaf 65. 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.
Date of publication supplied by cataloger., Title from first line of verse., Printed in three columns; columns are not separated by rules., Mounted on leaf 3. 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.
Caption title., Date based on publisher John Pitts's street address. See: Todd, W.B. Directory of printers and others in allied trades, London & vicinity, 1800-1840, page 151., In one column with a woodcut above the title., A slip song., In verse., First line: Twas on the Belfast mountains ..., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Printed and sold by J. Pitts, No. 14, Great St. Andrew Street, Seven Dials
In four columns with the title and woodcut above the first two; the columns are not separated by rules., Caption title., Verse begins: "Young women, if you draw near awhile", Dated from the address; see see David Stoker, "Another look at the Dicey-Marshall publications: 1736 1806", The Library, ser. 7, v. 15:2 (June 2014), 111-157, at p. 157., In four columns, not separated by rules; title and illustration are above the first two columns; the imprint is at the foot of the fourth column., Mounted on leaf 10. 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.
Caption title., Verse begins: "In a cottage embosom'd within a deep shade,", In one column with title and engraved plate above; no rules or decorations present., Imprint below column. Printer statement following imprint: M'Creery, printer., Artist's signature in plate: Matthew Haughton del. et sculp., Mounted on leaf 13. 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:
Published by E. Rushton, Liverpool, August, 1799, and sold by S.W. Fores, No. 50, Piccadilly, London
Caption title., In verse; without the music., First line: Britons! who have ever been ..., "Price one penny."--Below first imprint., Eight lines of advertisements for "New caricatures" printed at bottom of sheet, including an additional imprint "Printed and published by John Fairburn, 2, Broadway, Ludgate-Hill.", and Edges on upper half of the sheet, mounted in paper frame. For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Published by John Fairburn, 2, Broadway, Ludgate-Hill
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821
Caption title., In verse; without the music., Date from context., First line: Britons! who have ever been ..., "Price one penny."--Below imprint., Twenty-four lines of advertisements for "New caricatures" printed at bottom of sheet, including an additional imprint "Printed and published by John Fairburn, Broadway, Ludgate Hill.", and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Printed and published by John Fairburn, Broadway, Ludgate-Hill
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821
Caption title., A broadside with a collection of songs., In verse., Price following imprint: Price twopence., and Backed with cloth and mounted to 61 x 44 cm.
Publisher:
Printed and sold by J. Catnach, 2 Monmouth-Court, 7 Dials
Caption title., In verse., Text in two columns, within decorative border., Printer's first initial unverified., First line: Britons, rejoice! all hail the joyful day ..., "[Price two pence."--Lower right corner., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
J. Booth, printer, St. Andrew's Hill
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821
Date of publication supplied by cataloger., Cf. Caroline of Dartmouth : a celebrated new song / composed by Mr. Dignum., Possibly a fragment or detached from larger work., Six stanzas arranged in a single column with title centered above. No rules or ornamental type appear on sheet., Mounted on leaf 11. 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.
Caption titles., Two slip songs printed on one sheet, in two columns, each titled separately. Woodcut illustration above title in first column., Additional printer's statement in second column: T. Bloomer, printer, Birmingham., In verse., First line of "Caroline, a new song": She comes, she comes in spite of fate ..., First line of "God save the Queen": God save Queen Caroline ..., Two songs in support of Queen Caroline on her return to England, and during the ‘trial’ in the House of Commons., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
T. Bloomer, printer, High Street, Birmingham
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821
Caption title., Date based on publisher John Pitts's street address. See: Todd, W.B. Directory of printers and others in allied trades, London & vicinity, 1800-1840, page 151., In one column with a woodcut above the title., A slip song., In verse., First line: Come none of your nonsence I'm not to be had ..., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Printed and sold by J. Pitts, 14, Great St. Andrew-Street, Seven Dials
Caption title., Date based on publisher John Pitts's street address. See: Todd, W.B. Directory of printers and others in allied trades, London & vicinity, 1800-1840, page 151., In one column with a woodcut above the title., A slip song., In verse., First line: Since the children of discord still urge the campaign ..., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Printed and sold by J. Pitts, 14, Great St. Andrew Street, Seven Dials
Caption title., Two columns of text with a woodcut of a coffin above the title., Numbered '95' in upper right corner., and Printed three times on verso: Warranted a fast color and dyed in grain. With loss of upper left corner of sheet. For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Ordoyne, printer, Paunier-Close, Nottingham
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821
A slip-song - "Why, fair maid, in ev'ry feature,". - The imprint comes immediately after the title. - The "lady" is Lady Charlotte Campbell., Mounted on leaf 71. 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.
Verse begins: "English blankets and broad cloths,"., Date of publication supplied by cataloger., Between the title and the poem proper, spanning both columns, are four lines of introductory verse: John Malcolm, merchant, on the Green, | I' th' good old town of Aberdeen; | sells the following useful things, | to suit both beggars, lords, and kings.", In two columns, separated by an ornamental rule; signed at the foot of the second column: "John Malcolm, on the Green"; imprint at foot, spanning both columns, below a wavy ornamental rule., Signed below second column: John Malcolm, On the green., 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. 3.
Publisher:
Printed by J. Hammond, (at his office, ) St. Martin's Lane, five doors below the church
Caption title., Anonymous. By Hannah More., This form of imprint was used between May 1795 and January 1796 (Spinney)., Verse begins: Near Lechlade town, in Glostershire ..., This edition has all except the price within a border consisting of intertwined ropes, one of leaf-like ornaments, the other of open ornamental dots; the words "Cheap Repository" interrupt the border in the center at the top; the two columns of text are separated by a vertical double rule., Below imprint: Great allowance will be made to shopkeepers and hawkers. Price below the border: Price an halfpenny, or 2s. 3d. per 100.---1s. 3d. for 50.---9d. for 25., Above imprint and below text, in italics: Entered at Stationers Hall., Entered in the Stationers' Register to Hannah More, 31 August 1795., The woodcut shows a family sitting by a fire at night in a room with a candle., This edition not recorded by G.H. Spinney, 'Cheap Repository tracts: Hazard and Marshall edition.' In Library, 4th series, volume 20 (1939-1940) number 3 (no. 35)., Mounted on leaf 26. 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:
Sold by J. Marshall, printer to the Cheap Repository for Religious and Moral Tracts, at no. 17, Queen-Street, Cheapside, and no. 4, Aldermary Church-Yard; and R. White, Piccadilly, London. By S. Hazard, printer to the Cheap Repository, at Bath; and by all booksellers, newsmen, and hawkers, in town and country
Caption title., Date based on publisher John Pitts's street address. See: Todd, W.B. Directory of printers and others in allied trades, London & vicinity, 1800-1840, page 151., In one column with a woodcut above the title., A slip song., In verse., First line: Your zervant good gentlefolks, how d'ye all do ..., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Printed for and sold by J. Pitts, 14, Great Saint Andrew Street, Seven Dials
Caption title from poem inscribed below image., Title translation in British Museum catalogue: Chevalier of the Golden Calf, or, Captain of the early and late time of slaughtering in procession to the Oracle of Delphos., Publication place and date from book in which this print was published., Two columns of verse below title: 'k Schoot menig vogel mis, 'k heb ook schaars wild gevangen ..., Plate 67 from: Het groote tafereel der dwaasheid ... . [Netherlands?], 1720, v.1., Mounted to 45 x 35 cm., and Watermark.
In three columns with the title and two woodcuts above the first two; the imprint at foot of the third; the columns are separated by thick solid rules., Verse begins: "Fair lady lay your costly robes aside,", The verse earlier went under the title of 'The great messenger of mortality'., 'Death' precedes the first line., Imprint below third column., Dated from the address; see David Stoker, "John Marshall, John Evans, and the Cheap Repository tracts, 1793-1800", PBSA 107:1 (2013), 81-118., Mounted on leaf 27. 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 by J. Evans, No. 41 Long-Lane, London
Subject (Topic):
Death, Grim Reaper (Symbolic character), Death (Personification), Hourglasses, and Spears
Caption title., 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: "There was a rich man, who had treasures great,"., In three columns with the title centered above all three and the imprint below the third column; the columns are not separated by rules., Mounted on leaf 18. 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.
In three columns with largest woodcut and title above all three; columns are separated by rules., Verse begins: "God rest you merry gentlemen,", 'Carol I' precedes first line., Contains four carols: 'God rest you merry gentlemen'; 'The moon shines bright'; 'The first good joy our Mary had'; 'When Joseph was an old man'., Roman Catholic ornaments surround text: Virgin Mary mother of our blessed saviour, Mary Magdalen who washed our saviours feet, Susanna, Elizabeth mother of John the Baptist, Mary mother of James, Queen Esther., Mounted on leaf 28. 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 by J. Davenport, 6 George's Court, St. John's-lane, West Smithfield
Title from letterpress broadside poem printed on same sheet., Heading to broadside continued: By Jacob Quirk a modern sonnetteer. A burlesque., Fourteen lines of verse printed on broadside portion of sheet: The castle-clock toll'd one! and all around, above, below, was solemnly serene save when the village watch-dog on the green bay'd to the moon-or the faint brawling sound ..., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Wigs --- Peg legs -- Woods -- Church ruins., and Watermark: J Whatman, 1806.
The author of the epilogue is identified in editions of the full play as Miles Peter Andrews., The epilogue is to "Speculation", by Frederick Reynolds; the play was first performed and printed in 1795., Verse begins: "The drama done, permit us now to say"., In one column with the title centered above; no ornamental type present on sheet., The text printed here varies in a number of places from that in printed editions of the full play., Mounted on leaf 21. 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.
Caption title., Date based on publisher John Pitts's street address. See: Todd, W.B. Directory of printers and others in allied trades, London & vicinity, 1800-1840, page 151., In one column with a woodcut above the title., A slip song., In verse., First line: Faint and wearily the way-worn traveller ..., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Printed and sold by J. Pitts, 14, Great Saint Andrew Street, Seven Dials