Maria Louisa's lamentation - Elegies & laments - English ballads

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(1) Maria Louisa's lamentation

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https://digital.nls.uk/74892598

Description

" ... the green linnet". In two columns with an illustration above each. Maria Louisa's lamentation - first line reads: Curiosity bore a young native of Erin. The rat catcher's daughter - first line reads: In Westminster not long ago.

Shelfmark

Crawford.EB.1964

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Form / genre:

Miscellaneous > Ephemera > Broadsides
Images > Pictures > Illustrations

Dates / events:

1830 [Date printed]
Waterloo, Battle of, Waterloo, Belgium, 1815 [Date/event in text]
1800-1900 [Date printed]

Places:

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

Subject / content:

Woodcuts (prints)
Ballads
Dirges

Person / organisation:

Disley, Henry, active 1850-1878 [Printer]
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821 [Subject of text]
Marie Louise, Empress, consort of Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1791-1847 [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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Form / genre:	Miscellaneous > Ephemera > Broadsides
Dates / events:	1800-1900 [Date printed]
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