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The Huguenot Captain Quadrilles

Music
ca. 1866 (printed and published)
Artist/Maker
Hopwood & Crew (printers and publishers)
Packer and Griffin (lithographers)
Stannard (printers (people))
Charles King Hall (composers)
Place of origin
London (printed)

Music sheet cover for The Huguenot Captain Quadrilles, taken from The Huguenot Captain, a play by Watts Phillips, music written by Charles Hall, ca. 1866.

Object details

Categories
Entertainment & Leisure
Prints
Object type
Music
TitleThe Huguenot Captain Quadrilles (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Chromolithograph
Paper
Ink
Chromolithography
Brief description
Music sheet cover for The Huguenot Captain Quadrilles, taken from The Huguenot Captain, a play by Watts Phillips, music written by Charles Hall, ca. 1866.
Physical description
Cover of the sheet music for The Huguenot Captain Quadrilles. There is a large image in the centre of the page which depicts a group of soldiers chasing a man who is climbing down a rope. There is a woman in a white and red dress in the foreground. To the left hand side there is a small room in which a man is stabbing another soldier. The background of the image shows a city scape. The credits for the song are printed below the image.
Dimensions
  • Height: 24.0cm
  • Width: 34.5cm
Marks and inscriptions
'THE HUGUENOT CAPTAIN QUADRILLES, / PACKER & GRIFFIN LIT. / (PLAYED NIGHTLY AT THE PRINCESS THEATRE) / COMPOSED BY / CHARLES HALL / STANNARD & DIXON, IMP' (Printed on front of cover)
Credit line
Given by John Hall
Literary referenceThe Huguenot Captain Quadrilles
Summary
Music sheet cover for The Huguenot Captain Quadrilles, taken from The Huguenot Captain, a play by Watts Phillips, music written by Charles Hall, ca. 1866.
Collection
Theatre and Performance Collection
Accession number
S.41-2012

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Record createdFebruary 2, 2012
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1243376/the-huguenot-captain-quadrilles-music-charles-king-hall/
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