Arther Orton's appeal to the British public
- Bib ID:
- 5971073
- Format:
- Book
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item
- Description:
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- [London] : E. Appleyard, [1873?]
- 1 broadside : ill. ; 51 x 38 cm.
- Summary:
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"Rare. This apparently unrecorded broadside is an excellent example of the type of satirical ephemera produced over the nearly twenty year period that [Orton's] claim was debated in public. The broadside was produced after Orton was exposed as a fraud by lacking the tattoo that the real Sir Roger was known to have. It consists of a list of sixteen statements ('claims') whereby Orton seeks to set his story straight, refuting all the substantive points of evidence against him and indeed his own story. The composer of the work has obviously had great fun with misspelling as did the illustrator of the small portrait of Orton eyeing his purse"--Bookseller's description.
- Notes:
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- "As i dont see vhy HI han Hinnocent man had ort to be charged vith a trying to get what aint mine, i Arther Orton hereby makes my solemn Davy, as [...] Fustly - Im honly a Butcher as was born in Wapping and i niver svore that fur 12 long year I wor fool enuf to live a life of Poverty and Hignominious toil vhen all the vhile I knowed HI wor a rich Barrownet. Do dont go for to say hany more as io says so. 2ndly - ..."
- Caption title.
- "Eugene Sue's celebrated novel, 'The Wandering Jew', now publishing in penney weekly numbers".
- Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-68299987
- Subject:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Sue, Eugène, 1804-1857
- Copyright:
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Created/Published Date is Before 1955
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- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Presumed date of death of creator (latest date):
- 1857
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1873
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