Evidence: | Henry Mayhew interviews a running patterer -seller of broadsheets mainly dealing with crime and breaking news, sometimes also 'cocks' or fiction. Patterer's seeling techniques include chanting part of text of sheets to potential purchasers to induce sale |
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Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 1 Jan 1840 and 31 Dec 1849 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | daytime | ||||||||||
Place: | city: London other location: the streets of London |
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reader: | anon |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | n/a |
Socio-economic group: | Labourer (non-agricultural) |
Occupation: | running patterer -seller of broadsheets |
Religion: | n/a |
Country of origin: | n/a |
Country of experience: | England |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
people using the street, purchasers and potential purchasers |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | |
Title: | n/a |
Genre: | Poetry, Ephemera |
Form of Text: | Print: Broadsheet |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | owned |
Record ID: | 1263 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | Henry Mayhew | |
Editor: | n/a | |
Title: | London Labour and the London Poor | |
Place of Publication: | London | |
Date of Publication: | 1861 | |
Vol: | 1 | |
Page: | 224-226 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Henry Mayhew, London Labour and the London Poor (London, 1861), 1, p. 224-226, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=1263, accessed: 29 March 2024 |
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