Come to the forest--Duet, poetry written by T.W. Tucker, Esq. Music composed & respectfully inscribed to the Misses Mary V. & Harriet S. Bragdon of Newburyport by T. Bricher / lith. of E.W. Bouvé, Boston. – Vintage Print
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This antique lithograph of Come to the forest--Duet, poetry written by T.W. Tucker, Esq. Music composed & respectfully inscribed to the Misses Mary V. & Harriet S. Bragdon of Newburyport by T. Bricher / lith. of E.W. Bouvé, Boston. brings a moment of history to your wall. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Come to the forest--Duet, poetry written by T.W. Tucker, Esq. Music composed & respectfully inscribed to the Misses Mary V. & Harriet S. Bragdon of Newburyport by T. Bricher / lith. of E.W. Bouvé, Boston.
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Few sheet music covers of the 1840s carry a dedication as personal as this one, which was inscribed to the Misses Mary V. and Harriet S. Bragdon of Newburyport. The duet's words, by T.W. Tucker, invite listeners to "come to the forest," a theme that suited the period's taste for rural scenery and sentiment. Lithographed covers like this one were meant to catch the eye in a music shop window, and they show how Boston publishers joined pictorial art to the growing parlor piano trade. The cover's small details say about as much about domestic leisure in the 1840s as the tune does.
| Created / published | Boston : pubd. for H.N. Stone by C. Bradlee & Co., c1846. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph. |
| Genre | Sheet music covers 1840-1850.Lithographs 1840-1850. |
| Notes | Copyright by H.N. Stone. |
| Subjects | Forests--1840-1850. Women--1840-1850. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,128 × 1,431 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-219376 |
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