Broadside Ballads Online

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Imprint Names:
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Date
    between 1820 and 1824
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Printed for W. Armstrong, Banastre-st.


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1st Ballad - Roud Number: V5585

Title: Maria

First Line: Maria was handsome, remarkably fair

Themes:  Prostitution

2nd Ballad - Roud Number: V5584

Title: Answer to Maria

First Line: Farewell to the ocean since I am return'd

Themes:  Sailors ,  Prostitution ,  Workhouses

1st Illustration

IconClass Codes:
46C1441: Four-wheeled vehicle drawn by one animal

2nd Illustration

IconClass Codes:
41C71: Alcoholic drinks
31B52: Drunkenness
11K2: Devils in the form of (fabulous) animals
31F26(+3): Death as skeleton (+ Death with bow and arrow)
11K41: Devil(s) appearing to mortals, trying to seduce them; temptation
31F26(+6): Death as skeleton (+ Death with crown)

Printings:

Shelfmark: Harding B 25(1213)


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