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Blackburne, Harriot, The gypsey's tent , 1849, January
- Title(s):
- The gypsey's tent : a true incident, dedicated to Miss Cicely Egerton by her affectionate aunt, Harriot Blackburne.
- Additional Title(s):
- Gypsy's tent
- Published/Created:
- Great Britain, 1849, January.
- Physical Description:
- 1 v. ([20] p.) ; 18 x 24 cm.
- Holdings:
- Rare Books and ManuscriptsPR4129.B3 G9 1849Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon FundView by request in the Study Room [Request]
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- Full Orbis Record:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/8900204
- Classification:
- Archives & Manuscripts
- Notes:
- Bound in contemporary roan and patterned boards.
Manuscript poem, in pen and black ink, illustrated with full-page silhouette illustrations cut from glazed black paper. Each silhouette is composed of multiple pieces of paper neatly overlapped to give the appearance of a single cut sheet. The illustrations show figures among contemporary furnished domestic interiors or outdoors, among natural elements. Each of the nine silhouettes faces a page of verse. The text is apparently original and unpublished, and rehashes racist stereotypes about Romani people. - Subject Terms:
- Blackburne, Harriot.Egerton, Cicely.English poetry -- 19th century.Interiors -- England -- 19th century.Nottingham (England) -- Fiction.Romanies -- Great Britain -- 19th century -- Fiction.Romanies in art -- Great Britain -- 19th century.Stores & shops -- England -- 19th century.Women authors -- Great Britain.
- Form/Genre:
- Cut-paper works.
Ethnic stereotypes.
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