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George Speaight Punch & Judy Collection

Print
1896 (published)
Artist/Maker
Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd (publishers)
Williams, Warwick (composers)
Place of origin
London (published)

Sheet music cover for 'Punchinello Lancers' by Warwick Williams, published by Francis, Day & Hunter, 1896.


Object details

Category
Entertainment & Leisure
Object type
Print
TitleGeorge Speaight Punch & Judy Collection (named collection)
Materials and techniques
Colour print
Paper
Ink
Print-Making
Brief description
Sheet music cover for 'Punch and Judy Lancers' by H.S. Roberts, George Speaight Punch & Judy Collection.
Physical description
Sheet music cover for 'Punchinello Lancers'. Image depicts Mr Punch holding a puppet labelled 'A Wall Flower'. Backed on card.
Dimensions
  • Height: 36.2cm
  • Width: 26.6cm
Marks and inscriptions
'INTRODUCING THE MELODIES OF THE FOLLOWING POPULAR SONGS, / SWEETHEART MAY - ALGY, OR, THE PICCADILLY JOHNNIE WITH THE LITTLE GLASS EYE - / I WANT YER, MA HONEY - SHE WAS ONE OF THE EARLY BIRDS - IT'S A GREAT BIG SHAME - / RHODA RODE A ROADSTER - THE GIRL ON THE RAN-DAN-DAN - LITTLE TEDDY BROWN DOWN AT MARGIT - WHY DON'T YOU MARRY THE GIRL? - GLORIANA WALTZ - THE GIDDY LITTLE POLKA - JOHNNY JONES, OR, WHAT'S THAT FOR, EH? - / DARLING MABEL - NOW SHAN'T BE LONG - THE NEW PHOTOGRAPHEE, AND THE SOLDIERS OF THE QUEEN' (Text underneath the main image.)
Credit line
Accepted by HM Government in Lieu of Inheritance Tax and allocated to the V&A in 2010.
Summary
Sheet music cover for 'Punchinello Lancers' by Warwick Williams, published by Francis, Day & Hunter, 1896.
Other number
Prints file
Collection
Theatre and Performance Collection
Accession number
S.1241-2010

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Record createdJune 24, 2010
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1160341/george-speaight-punch--judy-print-williams-warwick/
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