Accession number
PML 145850.105
Creator
Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744.
Published
London : Printed by N. Blandford at the London gazette, [1727]
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
A ballad on the imposture of the "rabbit woman," Mary Toft (or Tofts) almost certainly written by Alexander Pope, with slight assistance from William Pulteney, Earl of Bath; clipping removed from an issue of the British journal, Jan. 7, 1727, issue no. CCXXIV.
At head of text: To the Author of the British Journal. Sir, The following Ballad having been differently handed about, I send you this Correct copy to be inserted in your journal.
Mounted as item 105 into an album of collected prints, broadsides, drawings, and miscellaneous single sheet items, assembled by former owner Joseph Ames and entitled "Emblematical and satirical prints on persons and professions" (PML 145850).
At head of text: To the Author of the British Journal. Sir, The following Ballad having been differently handed about, I send you this Correct copy to be inserted in your journal.
Mounted as item 105 into an album of collected prints, broadsides, drawings, and miscellaneous single sheet items, assembled by former owner Joseph Ames and entitled "Emblematical and satirical prints on persons and professions" (PML 145850).
Description
1 sheet ([1] p.) ; 22 cm
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Classification
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