American Civil War

Music cover collection (Library of Congress) pictorial americana.
Title: Music cover collection (Library of Congress) pictorial americana.
Related Names:
Brown, George Loring, 1814-1889 , artist
Champney, Benjamin, 1817-1907 , artist
Grain, Frederick , artist
Hewitt, William Keesey, 1817-1893 , artist
Homer, Winslow, 1836-1910 , artist
Johnston, David Claypoole, 1799-1865 , artist
Lane, Fitz Henry, 1804-1865 , artist
Date Created/Published: 1830-1880.
Summary: Images reflect varied aspects of American history, culture, and politics of the nineteenth century. Examples of topics depicted include African Americans; animals; children; cities; the Civil War; daily life; dancing; educational institutions; emblems and symbols; entertainers; fashion; flags; genre scenes; landscapes; love and marriage; military personnel; musical instruments and people playing instruments; U.S. Presidents; sports; theater; transportation; and women.
Notes:
Arrangement: Organized by broad subject (Views, War, Portraits, Topics) with eighty-eight subdivisions.
Digitized images of some items in the collection and their associated identifying information are available through the Prints & Photographs Online Catalog, by searching using the call number 'LOT 10615.'
Finding aid listing the eighty-eight subdivisions is available in the Prints & Photographs Reading Room. Also available online http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/eadpnp.pp002001
LOT title devised by Library staff.
Includes illustrations by George Loring Brown, Benjamin Champney, Frederick Grain, William Keesey Hewitt, Winslow Homer, David Claypoole Johnston, Fitz Hugh Lane, and others.
Prints are from a variety of U.S. printers and publishers.
Many covers are detached from the sheet music and mounted on paper. Some still accompany the music for which they were designed.
Publishers of nineteenth century sheet music used illustrated covers to promote sales of popular music.
Alice Lee Parker. 'Prints and Photographs Division', Quarterly Journal of the Library of Congress, v. 19, Dec. 1961. pg. 51-55
Special Collections in the Library of Congress / compiled by Annette Melville. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1980, no. 166
Copyright deposit; 1800s to 1960.
Transfer; Music Division; 1961.
Gift; Harry T. Peters; 1961.
Subjects:
African Americans--1830-1880.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Songs & music.
Animals--1830-1880.
Children--United States--1830-1880.
Cities & towns--United States--1830-1880.
Clothing & dress--United States--1830-1880.
Dance--United States--1830-1880.
Domestic life--United States--1830-1880.
Educational facilities--United States--1830-1880.
Emblems--1830-1880.
Entertainers--United States--1830-1880.
Flags--1830-1880.
Love--1830-1880.
Marriage--1830-1880.
Military personnel--United States--1830-1880.
Musical instruments--1830-1880.
Presidents--United States--1830-1880.
Ships--1830-1880.
Sports--1830-1880.
Symbols--1830-1880.
Theatrical productions--United States--1830-1880.
Women--1830-1880.
Engravings--1830-1880.
Genre prints--American--1830-1880.
Humorous pictures--1830-1880.
Landscape prints--1830-1880.
Lithographs--American--1830-1880.
Sheet music--American--1830-1880.
Bookmark /2002696074/
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