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Upon the frost in the year 1739-40.

Eighteenth Century Collections Online I (ECCO) Available online

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Format:
Book
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
English poetry--18th century.
English poetry.
Genre:
Poems.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (1 sheet )
Place of Publication:
[London] : Printed on the ice upon the Thames at Queen-Hithe, January the 31st, 1739-40.
Notes:
Verse - "Behold the liquid Thames now frozen o'er!".
The "Great Frost" caused the Thames to freeze from Dec. 25, 1739 to Feb., 1740. Several printers printed and sold keepsakes of the occasion, of which this is one. After the verse, the buyer's name is printed.
Reproduction of original from "Department of Special Collections, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas".
Cited in:
English Short Title Catalog, N69294.
OCLC:
642220411

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