Lost, a gentleman of clerical appearance and Puseyite costume. He was last seen at Ashby-de-la-Zouch in company with three Little Boys and a Pug Dog, all five being decorated with blue ribbons. He is of spare habit, evidently affected by Lentine abstinence, and looks as if a beef steak and a pot of porter would do him good. ... J R Rowe, Printer, Bookseller, &c., Granby Street, Leicester [1850s?].

A facetious election pamphlet in opposition to the gentleman described. Pencil note at the top of the flier reads: "The Rev John Morewood G[r]esley"

An arrangement of text, with different sizes of lettering.

The text continues: "He is believed by his disconsolate friends to be of weak intellect, having lately been discovered writing some very weak and silly Electioneering Squibs. he is supposed to be wandering somewhere between Ashby-de-la-zouch and Litchfield, and it is earnestly requested, that any one, discovering his whereabouts, will adopt such measures as will restore to their unhappy relatives the Reverend Gentleman, the three little boys, the pug dog, and the blue ribbons. Apply at B[elvoi]r C[ast]le, or the Messrs Green-Smith, Ashby-de-la-Zouch. N B No reward beyond the value of the Blue Ribbons will be given".

Rev John Morewood Gresley, of Ashby de la Zouch, may have been related to William Gresley, a pro-confession Puseyite cleric and pamphleteer of the Church of England, active in the 1840s. Belvoir Castle is a stately home in Leicestershire; its connection to Gresley is unknown.

Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s).

Physical Description: Letterpress, 315 x 255 mm.