Detail View: Rylands Collection: Title page

Image Number: 
JRL16040778
Reference Number: 
R199345.15
Link to Catalogue: 
Image Title: 
Title page
Series Title: 
Street Literature Collection
Parent Work Title: 
The great messenger of mortality; or, Death and the lady: To which are added, Meditations on death
Creator: 
Marshall, John, 1756-1824
Creator Role: 
Author
Creator: 
Thomas, à Kempis, 1380-1471
Date Created: 
c1810
Publication Details: 
Newcastle upon Tyne: J. Marshall
Page/Sheet: 
Title page
Description: 
Title page of 'The great messenger of mortality; or, Death and the lady: To which are added, Meditations on death'. Includes a woodcut illustration of a person lying in bed, attended by another. Bound with 14 other chapbooks - possibly bound together by or for J. Marshall.
Language Code: 
eng-GB
Language: 
English
Subject: 
English literature
Subject: 
Street Literature
Subject: 
Chapbooks, English
Subject: 
Chapbooks, Scottish
Subject: 
Songs
Subject: 
Poetry
Category of Material: 
Printed
Sub-Category: 
Chapbooks
Technique Used: 
Woodcut (process)
Medium: 
Ink
Support: 
Paper
Creation Site: 
England: Newcastle upon Tyne
Time Period Covered: 
19th Century CE
Item Height: 
160 mm
Item Width: 
105 mm
Current Repository: 
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Rights Holder - Image: 
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work: 
The University of Manchester Library
Access Rights: 
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. Copyright of The University of Manchester
Bibliographic Citation: 
Marshall, J., and Thomas, A? Kempis. The Great Messenger of Mortality; Or, Death and the Lady: To which are added, Meditations on Death. Newcastle: Printed by J. Marshall, 1810.
Notes: 
Chapbook No. 15 in a bound collection of 15 chapbooks.
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd): 
2016-04-20
Image Creation Technique: 
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm): 
2016-08
Metadata Language: 
eng-GB
Educational Notes: 
British Woodcut Printing in Transition Project
Academic Project Lead: 
Giles Bergel