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Thread #52843 Message #811778
Posted By: Robin
26-Oct-02 - 05:59 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: The Buck's Elegy (corrupt text?)
Subject: RE: BUCK'S ELEGY -- A corrupt text?
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The engraving is probably late 1820s; the illustrator Thomas Shepherd produced a whole series of London architectural scenes at that time.
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You mean the engraving on the Such broadsheet? One of the other broadsheets (I'm not sure which) has an image of someone about to cut-off the Unfortunate Lad's legs with a pair of scissors!
Robin