Have you been to the Chrystal Palce [sic] - Sports & entertainments - English ballads

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(1) Have you been to the Chrystal Palce [sic]

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https://digital.nls.uk/74893591

Description

First line reads: In great Hyde Park, like lots of larks. In two columns.

Shelfmark

Crawford.EB.2299

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Library catalogue record

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Form / genre:

Miscellaneous > Ephemera > Broadsides

Dates / events:

1851 [Date printed]
1800-1900 [Date printed]

Places:

Europe > United Kingdom > England > Greater London > London (inhabited place) [Place printed]
Europe > United Kingdom > England > Greater London > London > City of Westminster > Hyde Park (park) [Place in text]

Subject / content:

Ballads
Exhibitions (events)

Person / organisation:

Great Exhibition (1851 : 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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