The old arm chair : a ballad

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Collection Type

  • Ephemera

Date

1840

Location Note

Barrett Family Papers. Sheet Music of Mrs. Geo. Barrett (Bound, Vol. 3)

GUSN

GUSN-193693

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Description

The cover depicts a woman standing behind an empty arm chair next to a fireplace. An open book lies on the chair and a piano is behind her.

Details

Descriptive Terms

ballads
deaths
armchairs
sheet music
prints (visual works)

Additional Identification Number

Sheet music project number SMHNE528

Physical Descrption

1 print : lithograph

Collection Code

MS007

Collection Name

Barrett family papers

Reference Code

MS007.01.15.11

Record Details

Originator

Russell, Henry, 1812-1900 (Composer)
Lane, Fitz Henry, 1804-1865 (Delineator)
Thayer & Co. (Boston, Mass.) (Lithographer)
Oakes & Swan (Publisher)

Material Type

sheet music
prints (visual works)

Other People

Olmstead, Holton

Accruals Note

Included in the Sheet Music Images Database.
Death
Dedicated to Holton Olmsted, Esq.

Description Level

Item

Place of Publication

Boston, Mass.

Publisher

Oakes & Swan

Location Note

Barrett Family Papers. Sheet Music of Mrs. Geo. Barrett (Bound, Vol. 3)

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