John Bull and his German Legion - Wars > Crimean War (1853-1856) - English ballads

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(1) John Bull and his German Legion

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https://digital.nls.uk/74895103

Description

On the raising of a German Legion to fight in the Crimean War. First line reads: Old Farmer Bull come wheel about. In two columns.

Shelfmark

Crawford.EB.2812

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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
Corps (armed forces units)
German

Person / organisation:

John Bull (Symbolic character) [Subject of text]
Marks, John (Printer of Brick Lane) [Printer]
Germans [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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