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Broadsides are large pieces of paper with text printed only on the front side, and they have historically had many different uses. Broadsides became particularly popular during the American Revolution, as they were used to quickly notify citizens and soldiers of changing events. Of course, broadsides are not only used for wartime proclamations. They have often used as community or government issued notices, as well as ways to advertise various entertainment events, particularly plays and operas. Another popular use for broadsides has been the printing of poetry, often accompanied by illustrations and the signature of the poet, and these items make great gifts and wonderful works of art.
Niccolò Paganini, Broadside, For This Night Only! The Last Appearance of Signor Paganini! Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. Signor Paganini Begs Respectfully to Inform the Nobility, Gentry, and the Public in General, that He Intends Giving One More Concert, Be...
A double-sided herald (27 ½ in. x 10 ½ in.) advertising Den Stone's circus on one side and a wild west show on the other side, which took place in Norwich on Friday, June 27, 1873. A herald was a broadside-type advertisement distributed in advance of an...
London, printed for Edward Husband, printer to the Honorable House of Commons, at the signe of the Golden Dragon in Fleetstreet, December 18. 1645.. BROADSIDE WITH ORNAMENTAL BORDER. Text to recto only, 1645, approximately 29 x 20.5 cm, 11½ x 8½ inches...
From Roger Middleton
[Booth, John Wilkes] BOSTON MUSEUM SECOND WEEK OF J. WILKES BOOTH THE EMINENT YOUNG TRAGEDIAN, Who has been honored by the attendance of LARGE AND ENTHUSIASTIC AUDIENCES, AND WILL APPEAR This Tuesday Evening, May 3, 1864, IN SHAKESPEARE'S PLAY OF ROMEO AN...
Bryant's Opera House 23rd Street, Between 6th & 7th Avenues, (Nearly Opposite Booth's Theatre.) Eighteenth Season of the World-Famous Bryant's Minstrels Organized 1857. The Felicity Will Eventuate at 8 O'Clock, With the Following Programme. Part First.—...
Garfield, James] WORKINGMEN! Can you afford to work as cheap as the Chinese? If so, vote for JAMES A. GARFIELD. Probably Lynn, Mass., January 1880. 28 cm x 22 cm. Printed on diaphanous paper. This rare surviving broadside for the presidential campaign of ...
The Oxford Almanack for the Year of Our Lord God MDCCXXI. M. Burghers, Sculpt. Univ. Oxon. Broadside almanack with a copper engraving as a headpiece, sheet 76 cm x 54 cm, image 48.5 cm x 44 cm, the image is above the calendar, the University engraver's s...
London: Marchant, Printer, Ingram-Court, 1831. Broadside, 56.5 cm x 41.3 cm, map portion measures 24 cm x 39 cm. Map inset: "Huron Tract / Belonging to the / Canada Company," 2 tables of distance, reference to the townships in Niagara District. ...
[Almanac] The Oxford Almanack for the Year of Our Lord God MDCCLV. With an etched allegorical headpiece, etched by John Green after a design by Samuel Wale, under which is "The Regal Table Since the Conquest," on the left-hand side; and, "The Officers of ...
Dallas: Northouse & Northouse, 1981. First Edition. broadsides. Fine in case as issued. A collection of 8 folio broadsides and title page ranging in size from 13" x 17" to 13" x 19" and printed on heavy paper of various colors with all but two of the br...
From Charles Agvent
1704. Disbound, pp.14. The second reissue of "An Enquiry into Occasional Confirmity (1702), one of a group of pamphlets on the Dissenters which obtained a great deal of trouble for its author. Extremely scarce. In fair condition with one loose leaf and on...
In the Savoy, [i.e. London]. Printed by the Assigns of John Bill and Christopher Barker, Printers to the Kings most Excellent Majesty, 1667.. BROADSIDE, Whitehall, this 18th day of June 1667. Approximately 360 x 275 mm, 14 x 11 inches. Slightly creased,...
From Roger Middleton
New York state: no publisher/printer, [1806?]. Folio (39 cm, 15.5"). [1] f. (verso blank). A wall posting of the so-called "Lewisites" or "Quids," the faction of the Democratic-Republican party that supported Gov. Morgan Lewis of ...
New York state: no publisher/printer, [1806?]. Folio (verticle chain lines; 41 cm, 16.5"). [1] f. (verso blank). A wall posting of the so-called "Lewisites" or "Quids," the faction of the Democratic-Republican party that supported...
New York state: no publisher/printer, 1820. Folio (34 cm, 12.75"). [1] f. (verso blank). A wall posting of the Democratic-Republican party supporting incumbent DeWitt Clinton for Governor of New York in the 1820 elections against Vice-President Danie...
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