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Oh! Polly!! Or Bob's Birthday

Print
19th century (published)
Artist/Maker
Howard & Co (publisher)
Stannard (printer)
Concanen, Alfred (lithographer)
Place of origin
London (published)

Illustrated music sheet cover for Oh! Polly!! Or Bob's Birthday, as sung by Fred Coyne. Written and composed by George Meen. Published in London by Howard & Co., 19th century.


Object details

Categories
Entertainment & Leisure
Prints
Object type
Print
TitleOh! Polly!! Or Bob's Birthday (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Chromolithograph on paper
Ink
Paper
Print-Making
Lithography
Brief description
Illustrated music sheet cover for Oh! Polly!! Or Bob's Birthday, as sung by Fred Coyne. Written and composed by George Meen. Published in London by Howard & Co., 19th century.
Physical description
Illustrated music sheet cover for Oh! Polly!! Or Bob's Birthday.
Dimensions
  • Height: 35.5cm
  • Width: 24.8cm
Marks and inscriptions
'Oh! Polly!! / Or Bob's Birthday, / Alfred Concanen / Stannard & Son / Sung with the greatest success by Fred Coyne. / (Chorus) Oh Polly! let us both be jolly, / Don't let a little thing like that make you melancholy, / I pricked you with the Holly & now I have seen my folly, / Polly let's be jolly, as it's Bob's Birthday. / ENT.STA.HALL. Pr 3/- / Written & Composed by George Meen. Arranged by William Sim. / London: Howard & Co. 28. GT. Marlborough St. W.' (Text printed on cover.)
Credit line
Gabrielle Enthoven Collection
Literary referenceOh! Polly!! Or Bob's Birthday
Summary
Illustrated music sheet cover for Oh! Polly!! Or Bob's Birthday, as sung by Fred Coyne. Written and composed by George Meen. Published in London by Howard & Co., 19th century.
Collection
Theatre and Performance Collection
Accession number
S.237-2011

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Record createdMay 1, 2012
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1246714/oh-polly-or-bobs-birthday-print-concanen-alfred/
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