An excellent ballad of George Barnwell : who was undone by a strumpet, who caused him to rob his master and murder his uncle

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Title: An excellent ballad of George Barnwell : who was undone by a strumpet, who caused him to rob his master and murder his uncle
Published / Created: [between 1775 and 1783?]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Printed and sold at no. 4, Aldermary Church Yard
Description: "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.
Bound in three-quarters red morocco leather with marbled boards, with spine title stamped in gold: Old English ballads, woodcuts, vol. 3.
Provenance: One of three volumes of ballads purchased from P. Murray Hill by W.S. Lewis; July 1948.
Extent: 1 sheet ([1] p.) ; 25 x 35 cm.
Language: English

Genre: Poetry
Early works to 1800
Single sheet verse
Broadside poems
Subject (Geographic): England
London
Subject (Name): Barnwell, George
Subject (Topic): Murder
Criminal behavior
Prostitution
Young men
Conduct of life
Apprentices
Robbery
Merchants
Subjects: Barnwell, George > Poetry > Early works to 1800
Murder > England > London > Poetry > Early works to 1800
Criminal behavior > Early works to 1800
Prostitution > Early works to 1800
Young men > Conduct of life > Early works to 1800
Apprentices > England > London > Early works to 1800
Robbery > England > Early works to 1800
Merchants > Early works to 1800

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