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Ballads

Musical genre; tradition of performing literary ballads (from medieval to contemporary popular ones) as a song

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Images of Ballads

2 images from works
  • A lady holding a fan in her right hand: an animal jumps out of her wig and bites the barber on the nose, forcing him to wear a black patch. Woodcut and letterpress.
  • Cimon in prison sucks at the breast of his daughter Pero. Woodcut and letterpress, ca. 1850 (?).

Images about Ballads

3 images from works
  • Two homeless orphans (a girl and a young woman) singing ballads to a family. Engraving by J. Romney after W. Gill.
  • The enraged musician: a street crowd with a ballad singer is creating such a noise that the musician in the window has to put his hands over his ears. Engraving by W. Hogarth, 1741.
  • The enraged musician: a street crowd with a ballad singer is creating such a noise that the musician in the window has to put his hands over his ears. Engraving by J. June after W. Hogarth.

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Songs, English - Early works to 1800
Ballads, English - Early works to 1800
Broadside
Hairdressing
English poetry - 18th century
Sex - Humor
Ballads, German - Translations into English - Early works to 1800
English drama - 18th century
Ballads, German - Early works to 1800