Music sheet cover for American Drinks written and sung by Arthur Lloyd, ca.1860
Sheet Music
ca.1860 (printed and published)
ca.1860 (printed and published)
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Arthur Lloyd was born in Edinburgh in 1839 and his first engagement as a singer was at a tavern in Glasgow. He first appeared in London at The Sun Music Hall in 1862 and then moved on to the Canterbury. He was one of the fashionable 'swells' or 'mashers' of his day, a contemporary of George Leybourne and The Great Vance. Lloyd lived to be called 'the last of the lions comiques' as Vance and Leybourne both lived fast and died young.
He is illustrated here sporting the long, bushy, carefully combed wideburns, worn without a beard and nicknamed 'Duncreary whiskers' or 'Piccadilly weepers' after Lord Dundreary, the character in Tom Taylor's 1868 play Our American Cousin, originally performed ar New York's Laura Keene Theatre.
He is illustrated here sporting the long, bushy, carefully combed wideburns, worn without a beard and nicknamed 'Duncreary whiskers' or 'Piccadilly weepers' after Lord Dundreary, the character in Tom Taylor's 1868 play Our American Cousin, originally performed ar New York's Laura Keene Theatre.
Object details
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| Title | Music sheet cover for <i>American Drinks</i> written and sung by Arthur Lloyd, ca.1860 (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Lithograph |
| Brief description | Music sheet cover for American Drinks, written and sung by Arthur Lloyd (1839-1904). Lithograph by Harry Maguire, printed by Stannard & Dixon, published by H. D'Alcorn, ca.1860. |
| Physical description | Cover of the sheet music for 'American Drinks'. In the centre, there is an image of Arthur Lloyd. Credits of the song are printed above and below the image. |
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| Credit line | Gabrielle Enthoven Collection |
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| Summary | Arthur Lloyd was born in Edinburgh in 1839 and his first engagement as a singer was at a tavern in Glasgow. He first appeared in London at The Sun Music Hall in 1862 and then moved on to the Canterbury. He was one of the fashionable 'swells' or 'mashers' of his day, a contemporary of George Leybourne and The Great Vance. Lloyd lived to be called 'the last of the lions comiques' as Vance and Leybourne both lived fast and died young. He is illustrated here sporting the long, bushy, carefully combed wideburns, worn without a beard and nicknamed 'Duncreary whiskers' or 'Piccadilly weepers' after Lord Dundreary, the character in Tom Taylor's 1868 play Our American Cousin, originally performed ar New York's Laura Keene Theatre. |
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| Accession number | S.735-2012 |
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| Record created | August 10, 2012 |
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