Downes' quickstep
Creator(s)
B.W. Thayer & Co., lithographer.
Contributor(s)
Berlin, H., composer. Downes, John, 1784-1854. Rimback, Christian, arranger of music. Prentiss, Henry, 1801-1859, publisher.
Title
Downes ' quickstep
Link to library catalog record
http://catalog.bostonathenaeum.org/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=413606
Date
1841 .
Publisher
Boston : Published by Henry Prentiss ; Thayer & Cos . Lithogy. ,
Physical Description
1 sheet music cover : b&w lithograph on paper ; image 21.5 x 14.6 cm. , sheet 33.7 x 26.1 cm . + 4 pages of sheet music .
Summary
Subject : Single figure of a soldier behind whom is a harbor scene with a battleship .
Notes
Sheet music can be digitized upon request .Title continues : Respectfully dedicated to Commodore John Downes . Composed by H . Berlin and arranged by C . Rimback (Leader of the U.S.Ship Columbus's Band.) . "Esther Billings " inscribed in graphite , upper right corner of cover . John Downes (1784-1854) served as commandant of the Boston Navy yard from 1835 to 1842 and again from 1849 to 1852 . In 1843-45 he was port captain of Boston .
Local notes
Gift of Charles E . Mason , Jr . July 1984 . #1984.45 .
Provenance
Mason , Charles E . donor .
Subject(s)
Columbus (Ship of the line)--Pictorial works. Soldiers--Pictorial works.
Genre terms
Lithographs--United States--1840-1850. Sheet music covers--United States--1840-1850.
Location/Call number
Prints and Photographs Dept. (Appointment required)
A TS 1841 Down
Source
SM0558.tif
Rights
Collection of the Boston Athenaeum. May not be reproduced or quoted without written permission. For more information, see http://www.bostonathenaeum.org/node/46
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