Accession number:
PML 147618.05
Published:
London : Hopwood & Crew, [approximately 1870?]
Description:
1 print : lithograph ; 364 x 265 mm
Credit:
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes:
Illustrated sheet music cover.
Year of publication suggested by a notice appearing in Once a week, December 31, 1870, page 473.
"Song, sung with the greatest success by Mr. Harry Templeton, of the original Christy Minstrels."
Lithographic illustration signed in the stone, "Packer & Griffin, Lith" and "Stannard & Son, Impt."
Forms part of a collection of 18 illustrated sheet music covers from the collection of Gordon N. Ray, the majority executed in chromolithography by the firm of Hanhart Lith.
Inscriptions/Markings:
Music seller's stamp at head of sheet: W.E. Moore. /15 Dec 70 / Brixton Rise.
Provenance:
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary:
Illustration printed in green and black of a bunch of holly topped by church bells, with the song title incorporated on a ribbon.
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