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Music sheet cover for 'Johnny Jones and His Sister Sue from 'Ruy Blas or the Blasé Roué', Gaiety Theatre, 1889.

Print
1889 (published)
Artist/Maker
Henderson & Spalding (lithographer)
E. Ascherberg & Co. (publisher)
Place of origin
London (published)

Colour songsheet cover for 'Johnny Jones and His Sister Sue', arranged and harmonized by Meyer Lutz, sung in the Gaiety Burlesque Ruy Blas and the Blasé Roué by Miss Letty Lind and Charles Danby.


Object details

Categories
Entertainment & Leisure
Prints
Object type
Print
TitleMusic sheet cover for 'Johnny Jones and His Sister Sue from 'Ruy Blas or the Blasé Roué', Gaiety Theatre, 1889.
Materials and techniques
chromolithograph
Paper
Colour Printing Ink
Print-Making
Chromolithograph
Brief description
Music sheet cover for' Johnny Jones and His Sister Sue', arranged and harmonized by Meyer Lutz, as sung by Letty Lind as Donna Elto and Charles Danby as Don Salluste in the burlesque Ruy Blas or the Blasé Roué, Gaiety Theatre, 21 September 1889. Published by Ascherberg & Co., lithograph by Alfred Concanen, Harry Beard Collection.
Physical description
Colour songsheet cover for 'Johnny Jones and His Sister Sue', arranged and harmonized by Meyer Lutz, illustrated with an image of Letty LInd as Donna Elto and Charle Danby as Don Salluste.
Dimensions
  • Print size height: 36.9cm
  • Print size width: 26.0cm
  • Total including mount height: 43.1cm
  • Total including mount width: 32.9cm
Credit line
Harry R. Beard Collection, given by Isobel Beard
Associations
Lind, Letty
Danby, Charles
Literary referenceRuy Blas and the Blasé Roué
Summary
Colour songsheet cover for 'Johnny Jones and His Sister Sue', arranged and harmonized by Meyer Lutz, sung in the Gaiety Burlesque Ruy Blas and the Blasé Roué by Miss Letty Lind and Charles Danby.
Associated object
S.3310-2009 (Object)
Other number
F.40-55 - H Beard collection numbering
Collection
Theatre and Performance Collection
Accession number
S.438-2009

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Record createdJanuary 14, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O182736/music-sheet-cover-for-johnny-print-henderson--spalding/
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