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1. A lamentable ballad of the tragical end of a gallant lord and vertuous lady : together with the untimely death of their two children, wickedly performed by a heathenish and blood-thirsty blackamore, their servant, the like of which cruelty and murther was never before heard of. To the tune of The lady's fall, &c. Enter’d according to order

Published / Created:: [between 1680 and 1710?]
Call Number:: Folio 74 OL1 v. 1
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image and text
Description:: In five columns with the title and woodcut above the first two; imprint below the last three; the columns are not separated by rules., Date range conjectural; other ballads with similar imprints are also undated; printer’s name conjectured from other imprints recorded by Wing., Verse begins: "In Rome a nobleman did wed"., In this setting line 24 begins with "straight"., Not in Wing., Mounted on leaf 52. Copy trimmed., Bound in three-quarters red morocco leather with marbled boards, with spine title stamped in gold: Old English ballads, woodcuts, vol. 1., and Sheet in two pieces repaired and mounted as one piece.
Publisher:: Printed by and for C.B. [Brown?] and sold by J. Walter, at the Hand and Pen in High Holborn
Subject (Geographic):: Rome (Italy)
Subject (Topic):: Household employees, Murder, Master and servant, Abused children, Pleading (Begging), Homicides, and Criminals
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > A lamentable ballad of the tragical end of a gallant lord and vertuous lady : together with the untimely death of their two children, wickedly performed by a heathenish and blood-thirsty blackamore, their servant, the like of which cruelty and murther was never before heard of. To the tune of The lady's fall, &c. Enter’d according to order

2. A lamentable ballad of the tragical end of a gallant lord and virtuous lady : together with the untimely death of their two children

Published / Created:: [between 1701 and 1800?]
Call Number:: Folio 74 OL1 v. 1
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image and text
Description:: Caption title above woodcut., Date range conjectural., Verse begins: "In Rome a nobleman did wed"., In five columns with the title and woodcut above the first three; the columns are not separated by rules., In this setting line 24 begins with "and"., Mounted on leaf 51. 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:: publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):: Rome (Italy)
Subject (Topic):: Household employees, Murder, Master and servant, Abused children, Pleading (Begging), Homicides, and Criminals
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > A lamentable ballad of the tragical end of a gallant lord and virtuous lady : together with the untimely death of their two children

3. A perspective view of the execution of Lord Ferrers at Tyburn May 5th 1760, for the murder of his steward [graphic].

Published / Created:: [1760?]
Call Number:: 760.05.00.02+
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Description:: Title etched below image., Publication date based on the subject of the print., and Sheet trimmed to and within plate mark.
Publisher:: Printed for Robt. Wilkinson, 58 Cornhill
Subject (Name):: Ferrers, Laurence Shirley, Earl, 1720-1760
Subject (Topic):: Death and burial and Homicides
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > A perspective view of the execution of Lord Ferrers at Tyburn May 5th 1760, for the murder of his steward [graphic].

4. A true & lamentable ballad call'd Billy Taylor shewing the fatal effects of inconstancy / [graphic]

Creator:: Nixon, John, -1818, printmaker
Published / Created:: [24 September 1804]
Call Number:: 804.09.24.01
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "Illustration to a song engraved in three columns below the title: A scene on the shore, with a frigate in the offing. A grotesque naval officer, with wooden leg and black patch over one eye, takes the wrist of a young sailor of feminine appearance who holds a pistol. In the background (right) a dead sailor lies across the body of a woman. The song relates that Billy Taylor was taken by a press-gang; his sweetheart dressed as a sailor to follow him, but discovered his inconstancy with 'a lady gay', and shot him With his fair one in his hand. The last verse:'When the Captain com'd for to hear on't He werry much applauded her for what she'd done, And quickly he made her the first Lieutenant, Of the Gallant - Thunder Bomb.'"--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:: True and lamentable ballad call'd Billy Taylor
Description:: Title below image, at head of verses., Plate numbered '367' in the lower left corner., From the Laurie & Whittle series of Drolls., One line of text above design: (Sung by Mr. Bannister, of Drury Lane Theathre, Mr. Fawcett, and Mr. Emery, of Covent Garden. &c &c &c.), and Ten numbered stanzas of verse below title: Billy Taylor was a gay young fellow, full of mirth and full of glee, and his heart he did diskiver, to a lady gay and free ...
Publisher:: Publish'd Sepr. 24, 1804 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Subject (Topic):: Couples, Eye patches, Homicides, Military officers, British, Peg legs, Sailors, Sailing ships, Signs (Notices), and Taverns (Inns)
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > A true & lamentable ballad call'd Billy Taylor shewing the fatal effects of inconstancy / [graphic]

5. An excellent song, made of the successors of King Edward the IVth. To the tune of, O man in desparation [sic]. Note, as the use of these old songs is very great, ...

Published / Created:: [1720?]
Call Number:: Folio 74 OL1 v. 1
Image Count:: 1
Description:: Verse -- "When as the King of England dy'd,"., In five columns with the title, prose introduction and woodcut above the first three; the columns are not separated by rules., Title continues: in respect that many children never would have learn'd read had not they took delight in poring over Jane Shore or Robin Hood & c. which has insensibly stole into them a curiosity and desire of reading other like stories ..., Date from ESTC., Mounted on leaf 34. Copy trimmed into two pieces with last two columns mounted below main portion., and Bound in three-quarters red morocco leather with marbled boards, with spine title stamped in gold: Old English ballads, woodcuts, vol. 1.
Publisher:: printed by William Dicey
Subject (Geographic):: England
Subject (Name):: Edward, IV, King of England, 1442-1483
Subject (Topic):: Regicide, Kings and rulers, Succession, Prisons, Homicides, Torches, and Daggers & swords
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > An excellent song, made of the successors of King Edward the IVth. To the tune of, O man in desparation [sic]. Note, as the use of these old songs is very great, ...

6. Burking poor old Mrs. Constitution aged 141 [graphic]

Creator:: Heath, William, 1795-1840, printmaker
Published / Created:: [March 1829]
Call Number:: 829.03.00.09+
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: Wellington and Peel, portrayed as the notorious murderers Burke and Hare, pin down an old woman (Mrs. Docherty of the trial) who struggles as they suffocate her. A Jesuit priest enters the room on the right holding a crucifix
Description:: Title from item., Caption at top: Hark! the Doctor Knoxcks [sic], she is almost done and ready for you. Vide Old Play., A figure of 'Paul Pry' is an artist's device used by Wiliam Heath., and In lower border: Sole publisher of P. Prys caricatures.
Publisher:: Pub. March 1829, by S. Gans, 15 Southampton Street, Strand, London
Subject (Name):: Burke, William, 1792-1829., Hare, William, 1792?-1870?, Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, and Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852
Subject (Topic):: Catholic emancipation, Great Britain, Homicides, and Clergy
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Burking poor old Mrs. Constitution aged 141 [graphic]

7. Cruelty in perfection [graphic]

Creator:: Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
Published / Created:: published according to act of Parliament, Feb. 1, 1751. and [between 1790 and 1835]
Call Number:: Print20074
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 engraved above image., Restrike of a plate first published in 1751. This later printing was issued in The original works of William Hogarth (London : Sold by John and Josiah Boydell, 1790). The plate was again issued, with some lines strengthened by the engraver James Heath, in The works of William Hogarth (London : Printed for Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy ..., 1822); another edition was published by Baldwin & Cradock in 1835., Third in a series of four: The four stages of cruelty., Three columns each with four lines of verse etched below design: To lawless love when once betray'd, soon crime to crime succeeds: at length beguil'd to theft, the maid by her beguiler bleeds. Yet learn, seducing man! Nor night, with all its sable cloud, can screen the guilty deed from sight; foul murder cries aloud. The gaping wounds, and blood stain'd steel, now shock his trembling soul: but oh! what pangs his breast must feel, when death his knell shall toll.", "Price 1s"--Bottom left below design., Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Prevention of cruelty to animals -- Murder -- Pregnancy., and Price statement has perhaps been partially burnished from plate; it is lightly printed but visible on this impression.
Publisher:: Wm. Hogarth and publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):: Cemeteries, Criminals, Churches, Homicides, and Pregnant women
Found in:: Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > Cruelty in perfection [graphic]

8. Cruelty in perfection [graphic]

Creator:: Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
Published / Created:: published according to act of Parliament, Feb. 1, 1751.
Call Number:: Folio Greenberg 75 H67 753
Collection Title:: Plate 78. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works. Leaf 54. Album of William Hogarth prints.
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 engraved above image., Publisher and series title from Paulson., Third in a series of four: The four stages of cruelty., Three columns each with four lines of verse etched below design: To lawless love when once betray'd, soon crime to crime succeeds: at length beguil'd to theft, the maid by her beguiler bleeds. Yet learn, seducing man! Nor night, with all its sable cloud, can screen the guilty deed from sight; foul murder cries aloud. The gaping wounds, and blood stain'd steel, now shock his trembling soul: but oh! what pangs his breast must feel, when death his knell shall toll.", "Price 1s"--Bottom left below design., 1 print : etching and engraving on laid paper ; plate mark 38.7 x 31.9 cm, on sheet 56 x 45 cm., and Leaf 54 in: Album of William Hogarth prints.
Publisher:: Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Topic):: Cemeteries, Criminals, Churches, Homicides, and Pregnant women
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Cruelty in perfection [graphic]

9. Cruelty in perfection [graphic]

Creator:: Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
Published / Created:: published according to act of Parliament, Feb. 1, 1751.
Call Number:: Kinnaird 54K(b) Box 215
Collection Title:: Plate 78. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works. Leaf 54. Album of William Hogarth prints.
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 engraved above image., Publisher and series title from Paulson., Third in a series of four: The four stages of cruelty., Three columns each with four lines of verse etched below design: To lawless love when once betray'd, soon crime to crime succeeds: at length beguil'd to theft, the maid by her beguiler bleeds. Yet learn, seducing man! Nor night, with all its sable cloud, can screen the guilty deed from sight; foul murder cries aloud. The gaping wounds, and blood stain'd steel, now shock his trembling soul: but oh! what pangs his breast must feel, when death his knell shall toll.", "Price 1s"--Bottom left below design., and Imperfect: sheet trimmed to plate mark 384 x 313 mm.
Publisher:: Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Topic):: Cemeteries, Criminals, Churches, Homicides, and Pregnant women
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Cruelty in perfection [graphic]