Exile of Erin.
Swindells, Printer, Manchester.
[graphic].
| Summary: | Distressed broadside ballad sheet with the words of "Exile of Erin" and featuring a wooodcut at top of sheet of a fisherman with net carried over his shoulder, a rocky foreland in the right background and the sails of two ships visible in the distance on the sea in the left background. With references within ballad to famine - "I have no refuge from famine and danger...". First lines of " Exile of Erin" are: "There came to the beach a poor exile of Erin, / The dew on his thin robe was heavy and chill; / For his country he sig'd, when at twilight repairing ...". |
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published / Created: |
Manchester :
Swindells, Printer,
[n.d., ca. 1845-1860?].
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| Notes: | This item is held in the Department of Ephemera. This item is distressed, torn and very fragile. Handle with care - requires conservation. Physical description: 1 sheet : woodcut, 23 x 9.7 cm.. more |
| Call Number | View In | Collection |
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EPH B1062 |
Collection unavailable |
Ephemera |
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