{"id":2376,"date":"2008-05-31T13:50:58","date_gmt":"2008-05-31T13:50:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/speccoll\/?p=2376"},"modified":"2020-03-31T13:57:38","modified_gmt":"2020-03-31T13:57:38","slug":"thirty-guineas-reward-may-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/speccoll\/2008\/05\/31\/thirty-guineas-reward-may-2008\/","title":{"rendered":"Thirty guineas reward &#8211; May 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"522\" height=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/speccoll\/files\/2020\/03\/guineas.jpg\" alt=\"A reward poster titled 'Thirty Guineas Reward' concerning the breaking into the shop of Messrs Wigham and Prior in the Fish Market, North Shields and subsequent theft of part of a side of beef\" class=\"wp-image-2377\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/speccoll\/files\/2020\/03\/guineas.jpg 522w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/speccoll\/files\/2020\/03\/guineas-300x245.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/speccoll\/files\/2020\/03\/guineas-367x300.jpg 367w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 522px) 100vw, 522px\" \/><figcaption>A reward poster concerning the breaking into the shop of Messrs Wigham and Prior in the Fish Market, North Shields and subsequent theft of part of a side of beef, 1817 <strong>(Broadsides, Broadsides 5\/1\/8)<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Broadsides were typically single sheets, printed on one side, for the purpose of public information and entertainment. They were ephemeral &#8211; cheaply printed for distribution amongst the lower and middle classes and for pasting onto walls but not intended to last. This street literature included songs (broadside ballads), the dying speeches of executed criminals (hanging ballads), public notices, advertisements and, like the selection seen here, reward posters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That we have these broadsides in our holdings is quite remarkable since they were intended to be discarded once they had served their purpose. Whilst some of our broadsides are currently uncatalogued, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncl.ac.uk\/library\/special-collections\/collections\/collection_details?id=47\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"White (Robert) (opens in a new tab)\">White (Robert)<\/a>,<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" Rare Books (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncl.ac.uk\/library\/special-collections\/collections\/collection_details?id=37\" target=\"_blank\"> Rare Books<\/a>, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncl.ac.uk\/library\/special-collections\/collections\/collection_details?id=51\">Bell-White<\/a> and <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Robinson (Marjorie and Philip) (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncl.ac.uk\/library\/special-collections\/collections\/collection_details?id=38\" target=\"_blank\">Robinson (Marjorie and Philip)<\/a> collections contain broadsides.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Many of our Broadsides have been digitised and made available online via CollectionsCaptured. (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/cdm21051.contentdm.oclc.org\/digital\/collection\/p21051coll54\/search\" target=\"_blank\">Many of our Broadsides have been digitised and made available online via CollectionsCaptured.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Broadsides were typically single sheets, printed on one side, for the purpose of public information and entertainment. They were ephemeral &#8211; cheaply printed for distribution amongst the lower and middle classes and for pasting onto walls but not intended to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/speccoll\/2008\/05\/31\/thirty-guineas-reward-may-2008\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5894,"featured_media":2377,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[410,86],"class_list":["post-2376","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-treasure-of-the-month","tag-broadsides","tag-ephemera"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/speccoll\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2376","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/speccoll\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/speccoll\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/speccoll\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5894"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/speccoll\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2376"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/speccoll\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2376\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2378,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/speccoll\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2376\/revisions\/2378"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/speccoll\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2377"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/speccoll\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2376"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/speccoll\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2376"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/speccoll\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2376"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}