The perpetual almanack, or, Gentleman soldier's prayer book : shewing how one Richard Middleton was taken before the Mayor of the City he was in, for using cards in church during Divine Service : being a droll, merry, and humurous account of an odd affair that happened to a private soldier, in the 60th Regiment of Foot

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Title: The perpetual almanack, or, Gentleman soldier's prayer book : shewing how one Richard Middleton was taken before the Mayor of the City he was in, for using cards in church during Divine Service : being a droll, merry, and humurous account of an odd affair that happened to a private soldier, in the 60th Regiment of Foot
Alternative Title: Gentleman soldier's prayer book
Contributor: Catnach, James, 1792-1841, printer.
Published / Created: [1837 or 1838]
Publication Place: London and Great Britain England London
Publisher: J. Catnach, printer, 2 & 3, Monmouth-Court, 7 Dials
Description: Caption title.
Printed in two columns with a woodcut at the head of each column, and playing cards surrounding text.
Text begins: The serjeant commanded his party to the church, and when the parson had ended his prayer, he took his text; and all of them that had a Bible pulled it out to find the text, but this soldier had neither Bible, almanack, nor common prayer book, but he put his hand in his pocket and pulled out a pack of cards, and spread them before him as he sat, and while the parson was preaching he first kept looking at one card and then at another.
Undated; James Catnach was active at this address from 1813 until his retirement in 1838; see Hindley, C. The history of the Catnach Press ..., 1886. Queen Victoria is mentioned in the text: "And also of Queen Victoria, to pray for her.", so the printing date must be after her accession in 1837.
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Provenance: Tavistock Books; June 2021.
Extent: 1 sheet (1 unnumbered page) ; 38 x 24.2 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

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Repository: Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number: File 68 837 P453+

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Genre: Allegories
Woodcuts
Resource Type: text
Subject (Geographic): Great Britain.
Subject (Name): Middleton, Richard, Private in the 66th Regiment of Foot.
Subject (Topic): Gambling
Prayer
Christianity
Soldiers
Religious life
Almanacs
Playing cards
Religious services
Soliders
British
Subjects: Gambling
Prayer > Christianity
Soldiers > Religious life > Great Britain
Middleton, Richard, Private in the 66th Regiment of Foot
Almanacs
Playing cards
Religious services
Soliders > British

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