H Beard Print Collection
1850
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1850
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Dominant colour
H Beard Print Collection is a 1850 by Day & Hunter Ltd Francis, depicting Sheet Music, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This is a 19th-century print cover for a song called “Killiecrankie.” It was made to sell sheet music written and sung by the Scottish star Harry Lauder. The design was handled by the London publisher Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd. The print was part of a big 19th-century wave of colorful sheet-music covers meant to grab buyers on music-store counters. Look up the Victoria and Albert Museum’s music collection next.
The sheet music cover for "Killiecrankie," credited to Harry Lauder, features an illustration by the H Beard Print Collection for Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd, published around 1850. The reverse side lists additional published songs by the same artist.
Read the full account in the museum source.
Day & Hunter Ltd made colorful prints that look like they could be from a 19th-century ad or a storybook.
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