Object Number 1977.0106.002 A- D

Object Name

Sheet music

Title

THE/ INVINCIBLES,/ Written expressly for Mad.\e Vestris,/ BY. J. M. RYCOTT ESQ./ SUNG BY/ MISS CLARA FISHER.

Category

Books

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase

Creator (Role)

J. M. Rycott (Composer)

Pendleton's Lithography (Lithographer)
1826-1836
References: Fowble, Two Centuries of Prints in America, cat. no. 296, p. 418; Peters, America on Stone (Garden City, NJ: Doubleday, Doran and Co., Inc., c1931).

George Melksham Bourne (Publisher and seller)
New York City Directories from 1828-32 list Bourne at his "depository of arts, engravings and fancy store" at 359 Broadway.

Thomas Birch (Engraver)
Not to be confused with the Philadelphia painter of the same name!

Place of Origin

New York, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Origin Notes

Published and sold in New York

Secondary Place of Origin

Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America

Secondary Origin Notes

Litthograph made in Boston.

Date

1827-1832

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Bottom center on obverse of .2a; NEW-YORK./ Bourne's Depository of arts 359 Broadway./ Pendleton's Lithog.\y Boston.
2. Inscription; Center on obverse of .2a; .../ BY. J. M. RYCOTT ESQ./ ...
3. Inscription; Top center on obverse of .2b; BY/ J. W. Rycott Esq.\r
4. Inscription; Center on obverse of .2b; New York, BOURNE, Depository of Arts, 359 Broadway.
5. Inscription; Bottom right on reverse of .2c; Engr.\d by T. Birch

Subjects

Social/political commentary

Materials

Ink; Paper (wove)

Techniques

Lithography, Engraved, Letterpress

Dimensions (inches)

13.1 (H) , 9.94 (W) , 6.2 (Image H) , 9 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

33.3 (H) , 25.24 (W) , 6.2 (Image H) , 9 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

Measurement taken of (a). H at right. W at top.

Object Description

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