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Unknown Maker, American

Westward Ho Songbook,

Maker

  • Klemm & Brother
  • Unknown

Culture

American

Title

Westward Ho Songbook

Medium

lithograph

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • lithograph

Techniques

  • lithograph

Supports

  • Light weight white wove paper

Dimensions

29.4 x 22.2 cm (11 9/16 x 8 3/4 inches) (plate)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Original--Recto:in pencil in LR:10-In Plate--Under image in center:WESTWARD HO/A/Favorite Song and Chorus/Composed and dedicated to his Friend/HENRY B. ERNSTESQ./by/M. RICHTER.Price 50 Cts./Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1839 by Klemm & Brother in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.-

Marks: Stamped in brown ink on verso:R.I.S.D./MUSEUM/OF ARTsurrounded byPROVIDENCE/RHODE ISLANDinscribed in a circle.

Type

  • Prints

Credit

Museum Works of Art Fund

Object Number

44.216

Westward Ho Songbook

Original--Recto:in pencil in LR:10-In Plate--Under image in center:WESTWARD HO/A/Favorite Song and Chorus/Composed and dedicated to his Friend/HENRY B. ERNSTESQ./by/M. RICHTER.Price 50 Cts./Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1839 by Klemm & Brother in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.-

Marks: Stamped in brown ink on verso:R.I.S.D./MUSEUM/OF ARTsurrounded byPROVIDENCE/RHODE ISLANDinscribed in a circle.

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