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(1) Grand conversation on Nelson

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https://digital.nls.uk/74891599

Description

The ballad concerns the construction of Trafalgar Square in London to celebrate Nelson's victory at the battle of Trafalgar. First line reads: As some heroes bold, I will unfold, toge-/ther they were conversing.

Shelfmark

Crawford.EB.1622

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Form / genre:

Miscellaneous > Ephemera > Broadsides

Dates / events:

1845 [Date printed]
Trafalgar, Battle of, 1805 [Date/event in text]
1800-1900 [Date printed]

Places:

Europe > United Kingdom > England > Greater London > London (inhabited place) [Place printed]

Subject / content:

Ballads
Memorials (structures)
Construction (assembling)

Person / organisation:

Nelson, Horatio Nelson, Viscount, 1758-1805 [Subject of text]
Trafalgar Square (London, England) [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.

Attribution and copyright:

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

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