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The 'Derby' Monster Songster!

Broadsheet
1865 (published)
Artist/Maker
J. T. Wood (publisher)
Frith, William Powell (RA) (artist)
Place of origin
London (published)

'The 'Derby' Monster Songster!' A broadsheet of 124 songs. The title page illustrated with a wood-engraving print of crowds at the Epsom Derby, in the manner of William Frith's oil painting, Derby Day (1858). The sheet carries the names of song-writers, composers, singers and music publishers together with this warning: 'Legal proceedings will be taken against song-book publishers and others printing any of the copyright songs contained in this book'.

Object details

Categories
Printed Pages & Sheets
Entertainment & Leisure
Advertising
Object type
Broadsheet
TitleThe 'Derby' Monster Songster!
Materials and techniques
Letterpress and wood-engraving print
Printing Ink
Paper
Letterpress
Wood-Engraving (Process)
Brief description
'The 'Derby' Monster Songster!' A broadsheet of 124 songs. The title page illustrated with a wood-engraving print of crowds at the Epsom Derby, in the manner of William Frith's oil painting, 'Derby Day' (1858). Published by J. T. Wood, London, 1865.
Physical description
'The 'Derby' Monster Songster!' A broadsheet of 124 songs. The title page illustrated with a wood-engraving print of crowds at the Epsom Derby, in the manner of William Frith's oil painting, Derby Day (1858). The sheet carries the names of song-writers, composers, singers and music publishers together with this warning: 'Legal proceedings will be taken against song-book publishers and others printing any of the copyright songs contained in this book'.
Dimensions
  • Opens to height: 83.3cm
  • Opens to width: 54.5cm
  • Folded to height: 43.4cm
  • Folded to width: 27.8cm
Dimensions taken from: Edge, Kevin. The Art of Selling Songs : Graphics for the Music Business, 1690-1990. London : Futures Publications, 1991.
Marks and inscriptions
  • The sheet carries the names of song-writers, composers, singers and music publishers together with this warning: 'Legal proceedings will be taken against song-book publishers and others printing any of the copyright songs contained in this book'.
  • 'Containing all the Popular Songs, together with / a Metrical Prophecy for the 'Derby' . . . London : Pubished by J. T. Wood, 278, Strand.' (Lettered.)
  • 'London Lace Paper Company, 278, Strand. - J.T. Wood calls the attention of the Trade to his large assortment of goods suitable for a General Trade. - The cheapest / house in London for Note Paper, Envelopes, Foreign fancy Prints, Tomb Cards and Tablets, Window and Show Cards, Valentines, Poetry Cards, School, Toy, / Childrens' Books, Knitting and Crochet Books and Patterns, Ec., Ec, Lace Paper in every variety' (Lettered.)
Subjects depicted
Music
Songs
Men
Women
Horse
Horseracing
Epsom Derby
Place depicted
Epsom
Bibliographic reference
Edge, Kevin. The Art of Selling Songs : Graphics for the Music Business, 1690-1990. London : Futures Publications, 1991.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.1771-1990

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Record createdFebruary 23, 2009
Record URL
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