Temperance & various vices
Extraordinary life and death of Mary Anne Pierce
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| English ballads > Temperance & various vices > Extraordinary life and death of Mary Anne Pierce |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/74891200 |
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| Description | " ... alias Lady Barrymore, who was for some years the dashing mistress of Lord Barrymore; afterwards she became upon the town, where her exploits in flooring beadles, Charlies &c are well known. She was the terror of police-officers and publicans. Had been 150 times at Bow-street, and confiined in every Gaol in London." In four columns with a woodcut beneath the title. The first line of text reads: This unfortunate woman, who, for many/ years past had been the terror of beadles/ watchmen, publicans, & police-officers. The first line of the ballad reads: AH! who is she whose haggard/ eye. |
| Shelfmark | Crawford.EB.1488 |
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| 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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