"The German Advertisement"

RA Collection: Archive

Reference code

LAW/3/155/1

Title

"The German Advertisement"

Date

[c.1810-1820]

Level

Item

Extent & medium

1 piece

Content Description

Adverstisement from a New York Gazette, offering a reward for a runaway horse, "four plack legs, two behind and two before"; [it has the feel of a spoof and the same idiosyncracies of pronunciation used when recounting anecdotes including Henry Fuseli].