America. A national song – Antique Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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America. A national song comes to life in this antique lithograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Cover art for a piece of sheet music, this 1859 lithograph carries the title "America. A national song" and combines an eagle, a figure of Liberty, and militia men in one patriotic design. Philadelphia lithographer Lewis N. Rosenthal printed it in colors, and the local firm Lee & Walker issued it from their Chestnut Street address. The sheet was deposited for copyright in September 1859, and it is listed in Bernard Reilly's catalog of American political prints. Publishers of the period often used imagery like this to appeal to buyers who wanted music that expressed national pride in the years before the Civil War.
| Created / published | 1859 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph printed in colors, on wove paper ; 36.9 x 28.3 cm. (image) |
| Genre | Lithographs 1850-1860.Sheet music covers 1850-1860. |
| Notes | Entered . . . 1859 by Lewis Dela . . . Pennsylvania. Lewis N. Rosenthal Lith. Phila. Philadelphia, Lee & Walker, 722 Chestnut Street. The Library's copy of the music cover was deposited for copyright on September 15, 1859. Title appears as it is written on the item. Published in: American political prints, 1766-1876 / Bernard F. Reilly. Boston : G.K. Hall, 1991, entry 1859-2. |
| Subjects | Eagles--1850-1860. Liberty--1850-1860. Militias--1850-1860. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,109 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-160730 |
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