America,national song,sheet music cover,Guards,PA,1859

Title: America. A national song
Related Names:
Dela, Louis.
Rosenthal, Lewis N.
Lee & Walker.
Date Created/Published: 1859.
Summary: An allegorical illustration on the cover of a patriotic song, dedicated to the 'National Guards of Philadelphia.' A pronouncedly decollete Columbia or Liberty figure sits astride a bald eagle which flies over the globe. The eagle clutches lightning bolts and an olive branch in its talons, while Columbia holds a scroll (probably the Constitution) and an American flag.
Notes:
Entered . . . 1859 by Lewis Dela . . . Pennsylvania.
Lewis N. Rosenthal Lith. Phila.
Philadelphia, Lee & Walker, 722 Chestnut Street.
The Library's copy of the music cover was deposited for copyright on September 15, 1859.
Title appears as it is written on the item.
Published in: American political prints, 1766-1876 / Bernard F. Reilly. Boston : G.K. Hall, 1991, entry 1859-2.
Subjects:
Eagles--1850-1860.
Liberty--1850-1860.
Militias--1850-1860.
Lithographs--1850-1860.
Sheet music covers--1850-1860.
Bookmark /2008661594/
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