H Beard Print Collection
1850
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1850
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
H Beard Print Collection is a 1850 by H.G. Banks, depicting Sheet Music, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This colorful print cover was made for a song called *Sister Mary Walked Like That*. It’s from a set of music sheets printed in the 1800s by H.G. Banks. The song was written by Gus Levaine and A. Massage. The sheet music was popular enough to get its own decorated cover. Check out more songsheets at the Victoria and Albert Museum.
A colourful songsheet cover from 1850, designed by H.G. Banks, advertises the comic song "Sister Mary Walked Like That," composed by Gus Levaine and A. Massage.
Read the full account in the museum source.
H.G. Banks made prints in the 19th century, a time when presses spread images fast and wide. The two prints here come from the H Beard Print Collection—one from about 1881, the other just labeled “ca. 19th century.” If…
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