COLLECTION NAME:
Rylands Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL16040756
Reference Number:
R150649.53
Series Title:
Street Literature Collection
Parent Work Title:
Death and the Lady; Or, Great Messenger of Mortality
Alternative Parent Work Title:
Great Messenger of Mortality
Date Created:
c1800
Publication Details:
Coventry: Printed by J. Turner, High Street,
Description:
Printed in three columns with the title and woodcut above the first two; the woodcut depicts the encounter between death, in the form of a skeleton, holding an arrow and a lady in landscape setting.
Language Code:
eng-GB
Language:
English
Subject:
English literature
Subject:
Street Literature
Subject:
Ballads, English--Great Britain
Subject:
Songs
Subject:
Poetry
Category of Material:
Printed
Sub-Category:
Broadsides
Technique Used:
Woodcut (process)
Medium:
Ink
Support:
Paper
Creation Site:
England: Coventry
Time Period Covered:
19th Century CE
Item Height:
215 mm
Item Width:
280 mm
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work:
The University of Manchester Library
Access Rights:
Bibliographic Citation:
Death and the Lady; or the Great Messenger of Mortality. Coventry: (Printed by J. Turner, High Street, Coventry), 1800.
Notes:
Ballad No. 53 in a bound collection of 250 ballads and broadsides.
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2016-04-20
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2016-08
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Educational Notes:
British Woodcut Printing in Transition Project
Academic Project Lead:
Giles Bergel
Collection Code:
Rylands
