Royal visit to Gravesend - Royalty - English ballads

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(1) Royal visit to Gravesend

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https://digital.nls.uk/74892274

Description

The ballad celebrates the marriage of Victoria the Princess Royal and Prince Friedrich Wilhelm of Prussia, the marriage took place on January 25, 1858.

Shelfmark

Crawford.EB.1851

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Form / genre:

Miscellaneous > Ephemera > Broadsides
Images > Pictures > Illustrations

Dates / events:

1858 [Date printed]
1858 [Date/event in text]
1800-1900 [Date printed]

Places:

Europe > United Kingdom > England (country) [Place printed]
Europe > United Kingdom > England > Kent > Gravesend (inhabited place) [Place in text]

Subject / content:

Woodcuts (prints)
Ballads
Marriage (social construct)
Royalty

Person / organisation:

Victoria, Empress, consort of Frederick III, German Emperor, 1840-1901 [Subject of text]
Frederick III, German Emperor, 1831-1888 [Subject of text]

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English ballads

Description

Collection of 2,300 broadside ballads, mostly printed in England in the 19th century. Topics range from courtship, crime, disasters and emigration to fashion, theatre, politics, laments sports and old age. Includes ballads on Scotland and Ireland. Part of the Crawford Collections on deposit from the Balcarres Heritage Trust.

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Reproduced with permission from materials on loan to the National Library of Scotland from the Balcarres Heritage Trust.

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Subject / content:	Ballads
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Form / genre:	Miscellaneous > Ephemera > Broadsides
Dates / events:	1800-1900 [Date printed]
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