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1. The beggars chorus, or, The jovial crew : To an excellent new play-house tune
- Creator:
- Brome, Richard, -1652?
- Published / Created:
- [between 1761 and 1788?]
- Call Number:
- Folio 74 OL1 v. 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Alternative Title:
- A joviall crew. Song and Jovial crew
- Description:
- A song from Richard Brome’s comedy ’A joviall crew’., Verse - "There was a jovial beggar,"., The same woodcut (2 figures either side of a mother with children) is used in ESTC T36852 which has a Thomas Saint imprint. The English Broadside Ballad Archive (EBBA) suggests Thomas Saint was probably active 1761-1788., In four columns with the title and woodcut above the first two; columns 1 & 2 and columns 3 & 4 are separated by ornamental rules., Artist's signature in woodcut: Sculp. J.W., Previously identified by Wing as a London imprint with a conjectural date of 1700. Not in Foxon, D.F. English verse, 1701-1750., 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. 1.
- Publisher:
- T. Saint?
- Subject (Topic):
- Beggars, Peg legs, Toys, Children, and Crutches
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The beggars chorus, or, The jovial crew : To an excellent new play-house tune
