Walford Graham Robertson

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Walford Graham Robertson
1866-1948
Old English songs and dances : autograph manuscript with original watercolor drawings by W. Graham Robertson.
1902?
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.2551
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Illustrated manuscript executed in pen & ink, graphite, and watercolor on heavy watercolor paper
26 leaves [i.e. 52 pages] of a 30 leaf illustrated ms. for Robertson's Old English songs and dances, published in London by Longmans, Green, and Co. in 1902, with Robertson's watercolor drawings and hand lettered text and music photoengraved and screen printed in facsimile by Edmund Evans.

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From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary: 

Incomplete manuscript for an illustrated collection of 16 traditional English songs and dances, with lyrics and music accompanied by watercolor vignettes and full page drawings illustrating the selected texts. Of the 16 pieces included in the complete collection, 11 appear to be present in full, 3 are lacking text and score, and 2 are represented by the presence of a combined title page only.

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