Captain Pipeclay
Entry updated 31 August 2018. Tagged: Author.
Pseudonym of the unidentified author (? -? ) of The Battle of Foxhill, the Prince of Wales in a Mess [for full title see Checklist] (1871 chap), a Satire which uses the Battle of Dorking scenario to comment on contemporary politics. [JC]
"Captain Pipeclay"
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- The Battle of Foxhill, the Prince of Wales in a Mess; Or, the Mill, the Muff and the Muddle: Being a Full and Particular Account of the Capture of the Prince of Wales and his Staff by a Militia Regiment, and Forming a Complete Expose of the Incompetency for which the English Nation is Taxed to the Extent of £40,000 per Annum (London: Frederick Farrah, 1871) [chap: pb/nonpictorial]
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