Dialogue between John Bull and the czar - Wars > Crimean War (1853-1856) - English ballads

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(1) Dialogue between John Bull and the czar

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Description

Two ballads. A dialogue between John Bull and the czar - first line reads: Oh, did you not hear the news afar. Minna's tomb - first line reads: Oh Minna Minna, then for ever. In two columns.

Shelfmark

Crawford.EB.2679

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Form / genre:

Miscellaneous > Ephemera > Broadsides

Dates / events:

1855 [Date printed]
Crimean War, 1853-1856 [Date/event in text]
1800-1900 [Date printed]

Places:

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

Subject / content:

Ballads
Emperors
Russian

Person / organisation:

Nicholas I, Emperor of Russia, 1796-1855 [Subject of text]
John Bull (Symbolic character) [Subject of text]

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English ballads

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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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