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Form / genre: Miscellaneous > Ephemera > Broadsides
Dates / events: 1712 [Date printed]
1800-1900 [Date printed]
Places: Europe > United Kingdom > England > Greater London > London (inhabited place) [Place printed]
Subject / content: Ballads
Dukes
Heroes
Poems
Satire (artistic device)
Person / organisation: Morphew, John [Bookseller]
Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745 [Author]
Marlborough, John Churchill, Duke of, 1650-1722 [Subject of text]

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Fable of Midas
DescriptionAnonymous. By Jonathan Swift. First line reads: Midas, we are in story told. In one column.
ShelfmarkCrawford.EB.2566
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Form / genre: Miscellaneous > Ephemera > Broadsides
Dates / events: 1712 [Date printed]
Places: Europe > United Kingdom > England > Greater London > London (inhabited place) [Place printed]
Subject / content: Ballads
Poems
Heroes
Dukes
Satire (artistic device)
Person / organisation: Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745 [Author]
Marlborough, John Churchill, Duke of, 1650-1722 [Subject of text]
Morphew, John [Bookseller]

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Literature & Theatre
English ballads
DescriptionCollection 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.
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  • 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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