Artwork overview
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Medium
lithograph in black on folded wove sheet music
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
image: 16.19 × 24.77 cm (6 3/8 × 9 3/4 in.)
sheet (folded): 33.18 × 25.4 cm (13 1/16 × 10 in.) -
Accession Number
2015.19.794
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(Argosy Book Stores, New York, NY); purchased through the Mary E. Maxwell Fund by the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1953; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art
Associated Names
Inscriptions
left image printed in black ink: HAVERHILL; right image printed in black ink: EXETER; left center printed in black ink: W. Lydston Jr. del.; center printed in black ink: ON their tour of camp duty from Portsmouth to Haverhill.; right center printed in black ink: T. Moores Lith. Boston.; lower center printed in black ink: GREYS QUICK STEP, / Respectfully dedicated to / CAPT. JOHN C. PARK, / Officers & Members of the Greys. / Composed & arranged for the Piano / by / B.A.BURDITT, / Performed first time by the Boston Brigade Band / at the encampment in Portsmouth, July 31st 1839. / BOSTON. / Published by HENRY PRENTISS, No. 33 Court Street. / Entered according to the act of Congress in the year 1839 by Henry Prentiss in the Clerks Office of the District Court of Massachusetts.
Wikidata ID
Q77008618