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Octoroon Quadrille

Music
ca. 1861 (printed and published)
Artist/Maker
Hopwood & Crew (printers and publishers)
Concanen, Lee & Siebe (lithographers)
Stannard (printers (people))
Charles Coote (composers)
Place of origin
London (printed)

Music sheet cover for the Octoroon Quadrille from The Octoroon, a play by Dion Boucicault. Music written by Charles Coote Junr., published by Hopwood & Crew, ca. 1861, cover depicts a image intitled 'The Slave Sale'.


Object details

Categories
Entertainment & Leisure
Prints
Object type
Music
Titles
  • Octoroon Quadrille (assigned by artist)
  • The Slave Sale (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Chromolithograph
Paper
Ink
Chromolithography
Brief description
Music sheet cover for an Octoroon Quadrille, written by Charles Coote Junr., published by Hopwood & Crew, ca. 1861, showing an image entitled 'The Slave Sale'.
Physical description
Cover of the sheet music for an Octoroon Quadrille. There is a large image entitled 'The Slave Sale' in the centre of the page which depicts a group of people in a hall, one man in the foreground is trying to run towards another who is rolling his sleeves up. The man attempting to run is wearing a white suit and is being held back by a man in a black suit. In the background is a man standing on a platform with a gavel in his hand. Beside him is a woman wearing a white dress standing on another platform. The credits for the song are printed below the image.
Dimensions
  • Height: 34.6cm
  • Width: 24.0cm
Marks and inscriptions
'OCTOROON QUADRILLE / CONCANEN & LEE LITH. / "THE SLAVE SALE".........Vide..."THE OCTOROON" / STANNARD & DIX(?) / CHARLES COOTE JUNR. / ENT. STA. HALL. / LONDON HOPWOOD & CREW 42 NEW BOND ST W / Pr......4/- / DUET.....4/-' (Printed on front of cover)
Credit line
Given by John Hall
Literary references
  • Octoroon Quadrille
  • The Octoroon
Summary
Music sheet cover for the Octoroon Quadrille from The Octoroon, a play by Dion Boucicault. Music written by Charles Coote Junr., published by Hopwood & Crew, ca. 1861, cover depicts a image intitled 'The Slave Sale'.
Collection
Theatre and Performance Collection
Accession number
S.40-2012

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Record createdFebruary 2, 2012
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1243350/octoroon-quadrille-music-charles-coote/
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