Music Sheet
ca.1885 (Designed and printed)
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Music sheet cover for The High Art Maiden printed with a colour lithograph of a lady in aesthetic mediaeval-style dress, holding a lily and looking in a pained, lovelorn fashion at a blue and white vase of sunflowers. Also in the image are other examples of Chinese pottery, some Japanese fans, and peacock feathers. The title The High Art Maiden, the name of the composer and the name of the music seller Metzler & Co. also appears, along with the price, four shillings.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Printed paper |
| Brief description | Music sheet cover for The High Art Maiden, the 'humorous song' written and composed by Herbert Harraden. Colour lithograph by M & N. Hanhart, published by Metzler & Co., ca.1885. |
| Physical description | Music sheet cover for The High Art Maiden printed with a colour lithograph of a lady in aesthetic mediaeval-style dress, holding a lily and looking in a pained, lovelorn fashion at a blue and white vase of sunflowers. Also in the image are other examples of Chinese pottery, some Japanese fans, and peacock feathers. The title The High Art Maiden, the name of the composer and the name of the music seller Metzler & Co. also appears, along with the price, four shillings. |
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| Credit line | Gabrielle Enthoven Collection |
| Object history | This music sheet was published Metzler & Co., 39, Great Marlborough Street. The words and music have been removed at some time so this is the colour lithograph cover only. |
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| Accession number | S.35-1993 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2005 |
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