Turpin's ride to York

Reference Number:- Darby Number:- Godden Number:-
sb 2396 not recorded 773a
 

Bookmark with title words, short verse, image of Turpin leaping the toll gate on his horse Black Bess, followed by remainder of verse
 
Words:
TURPIN'S
RIDE TO
YORK
 
 
 
SHE KEPT HER CAREER UP
FOR MANY A LEAGUE,

WITH NO SLACKENING OF PACE
AND NO SIGN OF FATIGUE;

RIGHT ONWARD SHE WENT
TILL SHE STAGGERED AND DROPPED;

BUT HER LIMBS ONLY FAILED
WHEN HER HEART-PULSE HAD STOPPED.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
{image of Turpin leaping the toll gate
on his horse, Black Bess}
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
MAY THE STEED THAT COMES
NIGH HER IN COURAGE AND FIRE

CARRY RIDER MORE WORTHY
TO MAKE ITS HEART TIRE,

THOUGH SHE SAVED HIM, AND DIED
TO PROVE WHAT SHE COULD DO,

YET HER LIVE WAS MOST PRECIOUS
BY FAR OF THE TWO.

                           ELIZA COOK
 
 
 
{image of the dead horse, Black Bess}
 
 
THE FAME OF DICK TURPIN,
HAD BEEN SOMETHING LESS,
IF HE'D NE'ER RODE TO
YORK, ON HIS BONNIE
BLACK BESS

Size of Silk:
24.5cm long by 5.5cm wide
Alternative back-ground colours:
 
Comments:
Signed: "T.STEVENS COVENTRY" on back at pointed end:
together with a woven diamond registration mark.

This design was registered on 28 May 1879, at the same time as the Stevens picture was registered.

 
Stevens credit and Diamond Registration mark woven on the reverse pointed end of this bookmark
Stevens credit and diamond registration mark on the
reverse pointed end of this bookmark
 
 
 
 
DAY:
28
   
BUNDLE:
19
 
YEAR:
Y
{1879}
 
 
MONTH:
E
{May}
 
 
 
 
   
 
 


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