Octoroon Quadrille
Music
ca. 1861 (printed and published)
ca. 1861 (printed and published)
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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'.
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| Materials and techniques | Chromolithograph |
| 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. |
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| 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 |
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| 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'. |
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| Accession number | S.40-2012 |
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| Record created | February 2, 2012 |
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