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Total number of records: 17

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Brotherton Collection15
Herbert Read Collection1
John Evan Bedford Library of Furniture History1
Quaker Collection1

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verse satire, english17
broadsides2
political satire, english2
christian sects1
english poetry1
monarchy1

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Furness, Richard (1791-1857)3
Otley, Richard3
Eye Witness2
Sheffield (England)2
Sheffield (England). Exhibition Committee2
Austin, Walter1
Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)1
Butts, William1
Ford, John Rawlinson (1851-1934)1
Great Britain. Army. Hallamshire Rifle Volunteers1

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Young Hercules to the public; A second serpent crushed

Young Hercules pseud

[1848]

The "serpent" is Richard Otley. "The profits to be given to the Sheffield General Infirmary".

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The battle of "Blend'em," alias the "coalition" : fought in the House of Commons, March 3, 1857

Holland, John (1794-1872)

[1857]

Press cutting, extracted from an unidentified Sheffield (?) newspaper. "A new version of Southey's 'Battle of Blenheim'".

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Wesleyan parsons : a satire

Otley, Richard

1836

Includes (p.35-36): The wisdom and benevolence of slave owners (addressed to the Americans).

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The Penguin book of satirical verse

Lucie-Smith, Edward (1933-)

1967

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The rag-bag : a satire. In three cantos

Furness, Richard (1791-1857)

1832

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The rag-bag : a satire. In three cantos

Furness, Richard (1791-1857)

1832

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The rag-bag : a satire. In three cantos

Furness, Richard (1791-1857)

1832

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The king and the cabinet-maker
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The king and the cabinet-maker

Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Butts, William; Shearcroft, Essex

[1831-32]

Printed on one side only. Broadside satirical poem, 20 stanzas each with 4 lines about the issues surrounding the passing of the 1832 [Great] Reform Act. First lines: Our patriot King, when he came to...

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