The Ladies man, and Nothing but a Good One

Broadside ballad entitled 'The Ladies Man, and Nothing but a Good One' illustrated with a woodcut engraving of a male figure representing the subject of the ballad. 'Sweetheart ballads' were particularly popular with Londoners. Printed by small back street printers primarily based in the Seven Dials area of London the ballads were sold by ballad hawkers trading on London's streets. The ballad writers would receive little reward from the printers for their efforts, reportedly sometimes only a few pints of ale. The printer of this ballad John Pitts was a leading figure among the Seven Dials printers having established his business in Great Andrew Street in 1802. Pitts dominated the ballad trade until the advent of Jemmy Catnach in 1813.