Handbill poem entitled 'After Fifty Years! | September 20, 1874.' With Hall's autograph signature ('S. C. Hall').

Attractively produced on a piece of thin card, dimensions 17 x 11 cm. The recto of the card has a shiny, light-blue coating, on which the text and design is printed in gold and bronze. The verso is blank and white. Very good, with minor damage to the blank reverse caused by removal from mount. The poem, of thirty-one lines, is enclosed within a grecian-style border. A tender poem addressed to his wife, and reviewing their years together, beginning 'YES! fifty years of troubles - come and gone - | I count since first I gave thee hand and heart!' Neatly signed, within the border, in the bottom right-hand corner, 'S. C. Hall'. Hall's wife Anna Maria (nee Fielding) died in 1881. No copy on COPAC, and the only copy on WorldCat at the University of Delaware. Hall produced a companion piece, entitled 'After Fifty-Six Years'.