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10. The pedigree, education, and marriage of Robin Hood, with Clorinda, queen of Titbury feast. Supposed to be related by the fidler, who play'd at their wedding
- Published / Created:
- [1750?]
- Call Number:
- Folio 74 OL1 v. 2
- Image Count:
- 1
- Description:
- Date of publication from ESTC., Verse - "Kind gentlemen, will you be patient a while?". - Prefatory note and illustration taken from 'A collection of old ballads', 1723-25., Printed in five columns with the title, woodcut, and prose introduction above the first three; the columns are not separated lines of ornamental type., Full imprint reads: Northampton Printed for Robert Dicey; of whom may be had all sorts of old and new ballads, broad-sheets, histories, pictures cut in wood, and engrav'd on copper plate, &c. with finer cuts, much better printed, and cheaper than in any other place in England., Also available on microfilm. - Woodbridge, CT : Research Publications, Inc., 1985. - 1 reel ; 35mm. - (The Eighteenth Century ; reel 1491, no. 44) [For microfilm ask in Rare Books Room]., Mounted on leaf 38. Copy trimmed. In two pieces rejoined and repaired., 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 for Robert Dicey
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Robin Hood (Legendary character)
- Subject (Topic):
- Broadsides, Ballads, English, Love, Education, Marriage, Bows (Archery)., Arrows, Archery, and Forests
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The pedigree, education, and marriage of Robin Hood, with Clorinda, queen of Titbury feast. Supposed to be related by the fidler, who play'd at their wedding
11. The wandering shepherdess
- Published / Created:
- [between 1736 and 1783?]
- Call Number:
- Folio 74 OL1 v. 2
- Image Count:
- 1
- Description:
- Verse - "You that do know what to true love belong.". -, There is no full stop at the end of the title., Title and three woodcuts are above the first two columns; the first woodcut depicts a shepherd with his crook, the second a hanged man, and the third a shepherdess also with crook; the columns of text are separated by columns of type ornaments; and there are two layers of clouds in the first woodcut., The woodcuts are also found in editions with Bow Church Yard and Aldermary Church Yard imprints; the date is based on that; 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 printing, the left edge of the first woodcut aligns with the "i" in "wandering" in the title. In another printing (ESTC N511170), it aligns with the space between "n" and "g"., Mounted on leaf 61. 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:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Topic):
- Shepherds, Shepherdesses, Hangings (Executions), Gallows, and Dead persons
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The wandering shepherdess
12. True love requited!, or, The bailiffs [sic] daughter of Islington
- Published / Created:
- [1750?]
- Call Number:
- Folio 74 OL1 v. 2
- Image Count:
- 1
- Alternative Title:
- True love requited, or, The bailiffs daughter of Islington and Bailiffs daughter of Islington
- Description:
- Date of publication from ESTC., Verse - Above the woodcut: "The young man's friends the maid did scorn," and below it: "There was a youth, and a well-beloved youth,". - In three columns with the title above the first two and the woodcut in the first; the columns are separated by ornamental 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. 2.
- Publisher:
- Printed and sold in Aldermary Church-yard, Bow-Lane, London
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain and London (England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Broadsides, Ballads, English, Love, Man-woman relationships, Apprentices, and Social life and customs
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > True love requited!, or, The bailiffs [sic] daughter of Islington
13. [Cruelty in perfection] [graphic]
- Creator:
- Bell, John, active 1721-1780, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- Jany. 1st. 1750.
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 H67 800 v.2 (Oversize)
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Tom Nero, now a highwayman, has been arrested for the murder. He stands in the churchyard over the body of his pregnant lover, Ann Gill, whose throat and wrist are severed. One from the group of men who have apprehended Tom show him the knife as the others restrain him; they are armed with pitchforks, sticks, and other farm tools. Ann lies on her back on the ground, the bundle of plate that she has stolen from her mistress at Nero's request spilling out at her side. The light from the lantern in the left foreground illuminates the contents of Ann's letter to Tom telling the story of her entanglement and guilt. A box with her initials is open revealing a copy of the Book of Common Prayer and a copy of God's revenge against murder. Also on the ground near the lantern are Tom's pistol and a collection of watches that he has stolen. The clock in the church tower shows 1:00; a bat and owls circle overhead
- Description:
- Title, state, and series title from Paulson., Third in a series of four: The four stages of cruelty., and On page 157 in volume 2. Sheet trimmed to: 50.8 x 39.8 cm.
- Publisher:
- Invd. & publish'd by Wm. Hogarth
- Subject (Topic):
- Cemeteries, Criminals, Churches, Homicides, Pregnant women, and Rake's progress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Cruelty in perfection] [graphic]
14. [Cruelty in perfection] [graphic]
- Creator:
- Bell, John, active 1721-1780, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- Jany. 1st. 1750.
- Call Number:
- Hogarth 750.01.01.01++ Box 305
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Tom Nero, now a highwayman, has been arrested for the murder. He stands in the churchyard over the body of his pregnant lover, Ann Gill, whose throat and wrist are severed. One from the group of men who have apprehended Tom show him the knife as the others restrain him; they are armed with pitchforks, sticks, and other farm tools. Ann lies on her back on the ground, the bundle of plate that she has stolen from her mistress at Nero's request spilling out at her side. The light from the lantern in the left foreground illuminates the contents of Ann's letter to Tom telling the story of her entanglement and guilt. A box with her initials is open revealing a copy of the Book of Common Prayer and a copy of God's revenge against murder. Also on the ground near the lantern are Tom's pistol and a collection of watches that he has stolen. The clock in the church tower shows 1:00; a bat and owls circle overhead
- Description:
- Title, state, and series title from Paulson. and Third in a series of four: The four stages of cruelty.
- Publisher:
- Invd. & publish'd by Wm. Hogarth
- Subject (Topic):
- Cemeteries, Criminals, Churches, Homicides, Pregnant women, and Rake's progress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Cruelty in perfection] [graphic]
