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Little Nell

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Collection Type

  • Ephemera

Date

1863

Location Note

Barrett Family Papers. Sheet Music of Geo. R. Barrett (Bound, Vol. 5)

GUSN

GUSN-191450

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Description

Cover depicts Nell on on her deathbed on one side, and her grandfather kneeling over a grave on the other.

Details

Descriptive Terms

ballads
deaths
sheet music
prints (visual works)

Additional Identification Number

Sheet music project number SMHNE106

Physical Description

1 print : lithograph

Collection Code

MS007

Collection Name

Barrett family papers

Reference Code

MS007.01.17.09

Record Details

Originator

Packer, Charles (Composer)
Greene (Engraver)
Davenport, W. (Engraver)

Material Type

sheet music
prints (visual works)

Other People

Dickens, Charles

Accruals Note

Included in the Sheet Music Images Database.
"Composed expressly for Madame Anna Bishop."
Death
"Written upon the episode of Little Nell and her Grandfather In Dickens "Old Curiosity Shop."

Description Level

Item

Place of Publication

Boston, Mass.

Publisher

Oliver Ditson & Co.

Location Note

Barrett Family Papers. Sheet Music of Geo. R. Barrett (Bound, Vol. 5)

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