A tragical ballad on the unfortunate love of Ld Thomas and fair Eleanor: together with the downfal of the Brown girl. To a pleasant tune, call'd Lord Thomas, &c.

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Description

Title: A tragical ballad on the unfortunate love of Ld Thomas and fair Eleanor: together with the downfal of the Brown girl. To a pleasant tune, call'd Lord Thomas, &c.
Published / Created: [between 1761 and 1788]
Publication Place: Newcastle upon Tyne
Publisher: printed and sold by Thomas Saint
Description: 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.
Bound in three-quarters red morocco leather with marbled boards, with spine title stamped in gold: Old English ballads, woodcuts, vol. 1.
Provenance: One of three volumes of ballads purchased from P. Murray Hill by W.S. Lewis; July 1948.
Extent: 1 sheet ([1] p.) : 20 x 33 cm.
Language: English

Collection Information

Repository: Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number: Folio 74 OL1 v. 1

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre: Early works to 1800
Poetry
Broadside poems
Single sheet verse
Woodcuts England 18th century
Material: 2 woodcuts ;
Subject (Geographic): Great Britain
Subject (Topic): Broadsides
Ballads, English
Man-woman relationships
Murder
Suicide
Courtship
Betrayal
Subjects: Broadsides > Great Britain > Early works to 1800
Ballads, English > 18th century
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
England > 18th century

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Identifiers

Orbis Record: 10435952
Object ID (OID): 17124756