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Dream Daddy

Sheet Music
ca.1924 (published)
Artist/Maker
Lawrence Wright Music Co. (publisher)
Place of origin
London (published)

'Dream Daddy' The Children's Favourite Radio Song. Sheet music with a title page incorporating a black and white photograph of The Jack Hylton Band. Lettered with title, credits, score, lyrics and copyright details. Lettered on the back with promotional extracts of two other Lawrence Wright publications.

Object details

Categories
Printed Pages & Sheets
Entertainment & Leisure
Music
Object type
Sheet Music
TitleDream Daddy
Materials and techniques
Offset lithography
Paper
Printing Ink
Offset Lithography
Brief description
'Dream Daddy' The Children's Favourite Radio Song. Sheet music with a title page incorporating a black and white photograph of The Jack Hylton Band. Offset lithography. Published by Lawrence Wright Music Co., London, ca.1924.
Physical description
'Dream Daddy' The Children's Favourite Radio Song. Sheet music with a title page incorporating a black and white photograph of The Jack Hylton Band. Lettered with title, credits, score, lyrics and copyright details. Lettered on the back with promotional extracts of two other Lawrence Wright publications.
Dimensions
  • Folded to height: 31cm
  • Folded to width: 24.6cm
Measurements taken from Registry File.
Marks and inscriptions
  • Lettered with title, credits, score, lyrics and copyright details.
  • Lettered on the back with promotional extracts of two other Lawrence Wright publications.
  • 'LW [Lawrence Wright] 6D Edition / The Great Radion Success / played by Jak Hylton's Band / This Number will not appear in any Newspaper or Magazine. / Lawrence Wright. / Printed in England' (Lettered.)
  • Stamped with name and address of the Walthamstow retailer.
Credit line
Given by Kevin Edge
Subjects depicted
Music
Score
Photograph
Portrait
Band
The Jack Hylton Band
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.1756-1990

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Record createdFebruary 23, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O190706/dream-daddy-sheet-music-lawrence-wright-music/
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