Printed Ephemera — 1802-1840
Shop Windows, or; Amusements of London; Jockey & Jenny
Broadside ballad sheet with two ballads printed side by side in a two-column layout. The longer ballad entitled 'Shop Windows or: Amusements of London' describes the bills or advertisements seen in shops on a journey between Whitechapel to Hyde Park. The second shorter ballad entitled 'Jockey & Jenny' was a 'sweetheart' or love ballad. Such ballads would be printed by small back street printers primarily based in the Seven Dials area of London and 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.
- Category:
- Printed Ephemera
- Object ID:
- 2007.12/3
- Object name:
- Shop Windows, or; Amusements of London; Jockey & Jenny
- Object type:
- Artist/Maker:
- Pitts, John
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- Related events:
- Related places:
Wholesale Toy and Marble Warehouse, 6 Gt Saint Andrew Street, Seven Dials, London [Camden]
- Production date:
- 1802-1840
- Material:
paper, ink
- Measurements/duration:
- H 258 mm, W 193 mm (overall)
- Part of:
- —
- On display:
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- Record quality:
- 100%
- Part of this object:
- —
- Owner Status & Credit:
Permanent collection
- Copyright holder:
digital image © London Museum
- Image credit:
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- Creative commons usage:
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