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(1) Russian war or John Bull's dream

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https://digital.nls.uk/74895121

Description

Concerning the outbreak of the Crimean War. First line reads: Old John Bull the other day. Tune: Bow, woo, woo. In two columns.

Shelfmark

Crawford.EB.2818

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Form / genre:

Miscellaneous > Ephemera > Broadsides

Dates / events:

1854 [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
Wars
Dreams

Person / organisation:

Marks, John (Printer of Brick Lane) [Printer]
John Bull (Symbolic character) [Subject of text]
Russians [Subject of text]
Napier, Charles, Sir, 1786-1860 [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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