First ballad: 'The treading mill.': First line: 'The Mill! the Mill! the Brixton treading Mill,', Roud number: V6960.<\/p>
Second ballad: 'Mary, the farmer's bride. Tune, - \"The Letter.\"': First line: 'One summer's eve as I was walking,', Roud number: V6526.<\/p>
At foot of page (right-hand-side): '165.'.<\/p>
Without imprint or date. Printer identified from sheet number. Activity dates of printer suggested by Broadside Ballads Online.<\/p>" }, { "label": "Title", "value": "The treading mill.." }, { "label": "Layout", "value": "
Two ballads on one sheet, printed side by side, one column each.<\/p>
With a woodcut above the first ballad, and 'Sec. 6.' printed beneath the first title, together with a short single rule.<\/p>
The second ballad has a decorative rule between the title and the suggested tune.<\/p>" }, { "label": "Publication", "value": "[Preston : John Harkness, between 1840 and 1866]" }, { "label": "Date of Creation", "value": "between 1840 and 1866" }, { "label": "Origin Place", "value": "England,Preston." }, { "label": "Alternative Title(s)", "value": "Mary, the farmer's bride; The letter" }, { "label": "Printer(s)", "value": "Harkness, John, 1814-1898" }, { "label": "Language(s)", "value": "English" }, { "label": "Physical Location", "value": "The John Rylands Library" }, { "label": "Extent", "value": "1 sheet Leaf height: 260 mm, width: 170 mm." }, { "label": "Classmark", "value": "R174639.12" }, { "label": "Subject(s)", "value": "HM Prison Brixton -- Poetry; Prisons -- England -- London -- Brixton -- Poetry; Prison treadmills -- Poetry; Man-woman relationships -- Poetry; Social status -- Poetry; Marriage -- Poetry; Brixton (London, England) -- Poetry; Ballads, English--England--Texts; Street literature; Ballads" }, { "label": "Collection", "value": "Special Collections" }, { "label": "Bibliography", "value": "