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Object Type: pamphlet
Museum number: 1865,1111.616
Description: Satirical pamphlet of 42 pages without illustrations entitled: "Peter Pindar's Ghost!! or Poetic Epistles from the Other World." Lettered beneath the title: "Addressed to: S----y, King Hum, The Q-n, A Certain Archbishop, Derry Down Triangle, The Doctor, Lord L-l, Old Bags and The Great Captain with The Farmer and the Rats, A Tale, and a Monody on a Little Princess." The Publisher's Line is printed at the bottom of the page: "London; Printed and Published by John Fairburn, Broadway, Ludgate-Hill, 1821. One Shilling." The pamphlet is written in homage to the poet John Wolcot noted for his satires under the pseudonym Peter Pindar. The poetic "Exordium" on the reverse of the title page describes Wolcot writing a "kind epistle to the earth" from the afterlife. The letters imagine Pindar's responses to contemporary political and cultural figures (See comments). 1821 Letterpress pamphlet
Producer name: Published by: John Fairburn
School/style: British
Production date: 1821
Production place: Published in: London (England)
Materials: paper
Technique: letterpress
Dimensions: Height: 215 millimetres (Approximate page height); Width: 135 millimetres (Approximate page width)
Curator's comments: As the text is not illustrated, it is not referenced in M. Dorothy George, 'Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the British Museum.' Bound as part of "Political Tracts Volume 3" a compilation of political pamphlets published circa 1819-1822, number 3 of 10 volumes.
Location: Not on display
Associated names: Associated with: John Wolcot; Associated with: George IV, King of the United Kingdom; Associated with: Caroline of Brunswick; Associated with: Charles Manners-Sutton, Archbishop of Canterbury (Subject of "Peter to a certain Archbishop from Hell."); Associated with: Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh and 2nd Marquess of Londonderry (Subject of "Peter to Derry Down Traingle."); Associated with: Robert Banks Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool; Associated with: Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (Subject of "From Peter to the Great Captain."); Associated with: Robert Southey (Likely to be the subject of "Peter to S---y." Southey was made poet laureate in 1813 which corresponds with the poem's reference to playing "the pipes of state."); Associated with: Princess Charlotte of Wales; Associated with: Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth (Subject of "Peter to the Doctor")
Acquisition name: Purchased from: James Rimell & Son
Previous owner: Previous owner/ex-collection: Edmund Story Maskelyne
Acquisition date: 1865
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1865,1111.616

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