The young American schottisch – Antique Wall Art
(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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This antique lithograph of The young American schottisch brings a moment of history to your wall. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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The young American schottisch
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The cover of "The young American schottisch" pairs a dance title with a patriotic-sounding name, and Firth, Pond & Co., a New York music publisher, issued it in 1855. The sheet also lists agents in Albany, Cincinnati, St. Louis and New Orleans, showing how widely such parlor music was sold. The schottisch, a couples dance of central European origin, was a fashionable favorite in American homes of the period. The four-color lithograph was made by Sarony & Co., and its inclusion in a survey of American political prints suggests its imagery carried a patriotic message worth examining.
| Created / published | New York : Published by Firth, Pond & Co., 1855. |
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| Medium | 1 print : lithograph printed in red, blue, yellow, and black ; 34.2 x 25 cm. (sheet) |
| Genre | Lithographs 1850-1860.Sheet music covers 1850-1860. |
| Notes | Entered . . . 1855 by Firth, Pond & Co. Lith. of Sarony & Co. N.Y. New York. Published by Firth, Pond & Co. No. 1 Franklin Sq. Albany, T.I. Ilsley. Cincinnati, Colburn & Field. St. Louis, Wm. W. Wakelam. New Orlean, P.P. Werlein. 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 1855-5. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,749 × 4,664 px · prints to 12 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-222992 |
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