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Horse and away to St. James's Park, or, A trip for the noontide air who rides fastest, Misss [sic] Kitty Fisher, or her Gay Gallant
Title
Horse and away to St. James's Park, or, A trip for the noontide air who rides fastest, Misss [sic] Kitty Fisher, or her Gay Gallant.
Published
[London] : Written and printed at Strawberry Hill, [1760?]
Physical Description
1 sheet (1 page) : 1 illustration ; 37 x 23 cm
Local Notes
LWL 49 2506: Horace Walpole's copy, with his manuscript note: "Not true. This was a grubstreet paper printed in London."
LWL 49 2506: No. [9] in his A collection of all the loose pieces.
LWL 49 2506: Folded and mounted horizontally 23 x 19 cm.
Notes
Caption title.
Woodcut at head: two men carrying a litter.
An anecdote of Kitty Fisher.
Provenance
Sold at Strawberry Hill Sale, day iv, lot 150, to Thorpe, 15/-; Sotheby's, 27 April 1852 (Utterson Sale), lot 1892, to Richard Monckton Milnes, later Lord Houghton, whose son was later created Marquess of Crewe; Lady Crewe, April 1952.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 01, 2002
References
English short title catalogue, T8287
Hazen, A.T. Catalogue of Horace Walpole's library, no. 2506
Subjects
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Broadsides.
Broadsides - England - London - 1760.
Woodcuts - England - 1760.
Annotations (Provenance) - 18th century.
Also listed under
Great Britain England London.
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