Moonbeams – Vintage 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.)
Description
This antique lithograph of Moonbeams brings a moment of history to your wall. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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*Moonbeams* is a sheet music cover, and its catalog record tags the scene as sentimental, with courting and music as its themes. Lithographed around 1879 and copyrighted by Oliver Ditson & Co., the Boston publisher, it belongs to the parlor song trade, when families bought printed songs to sing and play at home. Covers like this one had to catch the eye in a shop window, so their imagery often leaned on moonlight, romance and genteel leisure. The moon in the title points to mood and courtship rather than anything mystical.
| Created / published | c1879. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph. |
| Genre | Sheet music covers 1870-1880.Lithographs 1870-1880. |
| Notes | LOT subdivision subject: Sentimental - Scenes. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Copyright by Oliver Ditson & Co. Caption card tracings: Courting; Music; Shelf. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,285 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-127457 |
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