The sunny hours of childhood
Creator(s)
J.H. Bufford & Co., lithographer.
Contributor(s)
Carpenter, J. E. (Joseph Edwards), 1813-1885, author. Harroway, J., composer. Firth, Hall & Pond, publisher.
Title
The sunny hours of childhood
Link to library catalog record
http://catalog.bostonathenaeum.org/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=413793
Date
[18--]
Publisher
New York (239 Broadway) : Published by Firth , Hall & Pond ; Boston : Bufford & Co's Lith. ,
Physical Description
1 sheet music cover : b&w lithograph ; image 23.5 x 19.5 cm. , sheet 33.5 x 25.5 cm . + 8 pages of sheet music
Summary
Subject : A little girl hugging a little boy , griefstricken at discovering that her pet bird has died . The children sit on a mossy ledge near some bushes . The dead dove and its cage are on the ground in front of the children .
Notes
Sheet music can be digitized upon request . 3rd ed . Title continues : A ballad written by J.E.Carpenter , Esq . Music J.Harroway , R.A . Plage 1439 .
Local notes
Gift of Charles E.Mason , Jr . November 1981 . #1981.42 .
Provenance
Mason , Charles E . donor
Subject(s)
Children and animals--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)
Source
SM0740.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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