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The Old Tattered Flag

Print
19th century (published)
Artist/Maker
Howard & Co (publisher)
William Spalding (artist)
Thomas Packer (lithographer)
Place of origin
London (published)

Illustrated music sheet cover for The Old Tattered Flag, New Patriotic Song as sung by Miss Bessie Bonehill. Written and composed by J. Macnicoll with symphonies and accompaniments by J. Harrington Young. Published in London by Howard & Co. 19th century.


Object details

Categories
Entertainment & Leisure
Prints
Object type
Print
TitleThe Old Tattered Flag (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Chromolithograph on paper
Ink
Paper
Print-Making
Lithography
Brief description
Illustrated music sheet cover for The Old Tattered Flag, New Patriotic Song as sung by Miss Bessie Bonehill. Written and composed by J. Macnicoll with symphonies and accompaniments by J. Harrington Young. Published in London by Howard & Co. 19th century.
Physical description
Illustrated music sheet cover for The Old Tattered Flag.
Dimensions
  • Height: 34.6cm
  • Width: 25.1cm
Marks and inscriptions
'The Old Tattered Flag / New Patriotic Song / Wm Spalding lith / ENT.STA.HALL Price, 4/- / Written & Composed by / J. Macnicoll / Symphonies & Accompaniments by / J. Harrington Young / Sung by / Miss Bessie Bonehill / London; Howard & Co. 25, Gt, Marlborough St. W.' (Text printed on cover.)
Credit line
Gabrielle Enthoven Collection
Subject depicted
Bessie Bonehill
Literary references
  • The Old Tattered Flag
  • New Patriotic Song
Summary
Illustrated music sheet cover for The Old Tattered Flag, New Patriotic Song as sung by Miss Bessie Bonehill. Written and composed by J. Macnicoll with symphonies and accompaniments by J. Harrington Young. Published in London by Howard & Co. 19th century.
Collection
Theatre and Performance Collection
Accession number
S.239-2011

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Record createdMay 1, 2012
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1246721/the-old-tattered-flag-print-william-spalding/
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