The dying pilgrim.
[London].
Printed and Sold by J. Catnach, [s.d., c.1830]
Dimensions 260 x 390 mm.
Single leaf broadside. With three engraved illustrations. Early central horizontal fold, some chipping to margins.
An apparently unrecorded broadside devotional ballad on 'the true Christian's experience and prospects at the hour of death'.
The publisher, Alnwick-born James Catnach (1792-1841), is primarily remembered for his prolific broadsheet printing endeavours. In order to satisfy the demands of the urban public for more grittily realistic reading matter than the, largely rural, popular ballad tradition afforded, Catnach commissioned a constant stream of sensational ephemera on the interests of the day. Many of his broadsheets were sold by 'patterers', who would perform as well as selling their wares, bridging the divide between the oral and printed ballad. Printed crudely on the cheapest paper available, the broadsheets were primarily sold at the price of one penny; Catnach was reputed to have paved his parlour with counterfeit coins.
£ 375.00
Antiquates Ref: 25334
The publisher, Alnwick-born James Catnach (1792-1841), is primarily remembered for his prolific broadsheet printing endeavours. In order to satisfy the demands of the urban public for more grittily realistic reading matter than the, largely rural, popular ballad tradition afforded, Catnach commissioned a constant stream of sensational ephemera on the interests of the day. Many of his broadsheets were sold by 'patterers', who would perform as well as selling their wares, bridging the divide between the oral and printed ballad. Printed crudely on the cheapest paper available, the broadsheets were primarily sold at the price of one penny; Catnach was reputed to have paved his parlour with counterfeit coins.
